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PUBLICATIONS 


OF  THE 

SCOTTISH  HISTORY  SOCIETY 

NEW  SERIES 

VOL. 
I 

LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIES 
HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


October  1911 


THE 

HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  OF 
LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 

1692-1733 

Edited,  with  Notes  and  Introduction,  by 
ROBERT  SCOTT-MONCRIEFF,  W.S. 


EDINBURGH 
Printed  at  the  University  Press  by  T.  and  A.  Constable 
for  the  Scottish  History  Society 
1911 


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V.  I 


OCT  21  1971 
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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

INTRODUCTION,  ix 

Extracts  from  Household  Books — 

Sundry  Disbursements,      ......  1 

Housekeeping,  .  .       .       .       .       .       ■  6*1 

Servants,    .        .        .        .        .'  .        .  .117 

Household  Furniture,         .        .        .        .        .  .164 

Clothing,  .188 

Business  Charges,       .        .        .        .        .        .  .218 

Horsekeeping,    .        .        .        ...        .        .        .  225 

Estate  Management,  236 

Expenses  of  Garden,  .        .        .        .        .        .  .251 

Doctors  and  Surgeons,       .        .        .        .        .  .255 

Small  Payments,        .        .        .        .        .        .  .257 

Brothers'  and  Sisters'  Accounts,         .  .  .261 

Expenses  of  Mrs.  Baillie's  Funeral,     ....  267 

Sketch  of  Life  of  Robert  Baillie,  269 

Memoranda  and  Directions  to  Servants,  ....  273 

Bills  of  Fare,  .       .        .        .        .        .        .        .  .281 

Note  of  Supplies  consumed  at  Mellerstain,  .  .  .  304 
Expenses  of  a  Visit  to  Bath,    ......  306 


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PAGE 

Expenses  of  Foreign  Tour,       ......  309 

Memoranda  as  to  Foreign  Travel,  .....  384 

APPENDICES— 

r.  State  showing  articles  mentioned  in  accounts 

with  prices  then  and  now,      .        .        .  .411 

ii.  Statement  as  to  Servants'  Wages,      .        .        .  418 

in.  Note  of  Fees  in  connection  with  Education,  420 

iv.  Tables  of  Money  and  Measures,       .        .  .421 

v.  Note  as  to  Salary  and  Wages,    ....  428 

vi.  Genealogical  Table,  ......  430 

GLOSSARY,   ...  431 

INDEX,   ....   433 


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LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Lady  Grisell  Baillie,  age  69,  • 

From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain,  probably  by  Maria  Verelst. 

Robert  Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  . 

Rachel  Johnston,  wife  of  Robert  Baillie  of  Jervis- 
wood, ...... 

From  a  Portrait  by  John  Scougall  at  Mellerstain. 

George  Baillie  of  Jerviswood  and  his  Daughter 
Grisell,  ...... 

From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain. 

Book  Plate  of  George  Baillie  of  Jerviswood, 

Lady  Murray,  aged  33,  .... 

From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain  by  Maria  Verelst. 

Lady  Binning,  aged  29,  .... 

From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain  by  Maria  Verelst. 
Lord  Binning,  ..... 
From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain. 

'Grisie'  and  'Rachie'  Baillie,  aged  6  and  2 
respectively,  ..... 

From  a  Picture  at  Mellerstain  by  John  Scougall. 

Sampler  at  Mellerstain,  worked  under  the  Direc- 
tions of  Miss  Menzies.  The  animals  are  copied 
from  a  book  which  belonged  to  Miss  Menzies,  and 
is  still  at  Mellerstain,  .... 

The  Right  Hon.   Patrick  Hume,  Earl  of  March- 

MONT,  ...... 

From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain. 


Frontispiece 
To  face  page  xi 


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xliii 

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lxxix 


INTRODUCTION 


This  volume  forms  one  of  a  series  of  publications  issued 
by  the  Scottish  History  Society  dealing  with  household 
expenditure  during  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  cen- 
turies, and  goes  far  to  fill  the  hiatus  in  years  between  the 
Foulis  Book  1  and  the  Ochtertyre  Book.2  For  this  reason 
alone  it  would  serve  a  useful  purpose,  but  considerably 
more  than  this  is  claimed  for  it.  In  the  first  place,  it  deals 
with  a  much  wider  range  of  subject-matter  than  is  usually 
included  in  what  are  termed  4  House  Books,'  taking  these 
words  in  their  ordinary  acceptation.  To  a  certain  extent, 
therefore,  its  title  is  inadequate.  In  the  second  place, 
owing  to  the  various  changes  of  residence  of  the  family 
with  which  it  deals,  it  affords  an  opportunity  of  contrasting 
the  expenses  of  living  in  the  country  with  those  of  living 
in  a  close  in  the  High  Street  of  Edinburgh,  and  again  of 
comparing  these  with  the  expenses  of  living  in  London, 
in  Bath,  and  on  the  Continent.  In  the  third  place,  it 
gives  us  memoranda  as  to  the  duties  of  servants,  as  to  the 
arrangement  of  the  dinner-table,  as  to  travelling,  and  as 
to  many  other  matters  of  interest.  And  lastly,  it  brings 
us  indirectly  into  touch  with  a  remarkably  interesting 
group  of  people,  whether  viewed  socially,  politically,  or 
intellectually,  who  were  well  known  in  their  day  and 
generation,  and  whose  history  it  is  a  pleasure  to  study. 
The  Baillies  of  Jerviswood  were  cadets  of  the  Baillies 


1  The  Account  Book  of  Sir  John  Foulis  of Ravelston,  1671-1707. 
-  Ochtertyre  House  Booke  of  Accomps,  1737-1739. 

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x     HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


of  St.  John's  Kirk,  who  in  their  turn  were  cadets  of  the 
Baillies  of  Lamington,  '  the  original  Balliols,'  according  to 
Lord  Fountainhall.  The  first  Baillie  of  Jerviswood  was 
George  Baillie,  second  son  of  Baillie  of  St.  John's  Kirk,1 
and  grandfather  of  Lady  Grisell's  husband.  As  was  then 
common,  he  entered  into  trade,  duly  compeared  before 
Thomas  Inglis,  Dean  of  Guild  of  the  City  of  Edinburgh, 
and  others,  on  8th  September  1613,  '  sumcientlie  armit 
with  ane  furnisht  hagbut,'  and  was  sworn  in  as  a  4  Mer- 
chant Burgess  '  of  the  city.  What  he  traded  in  it  is 
impossible  to  say,  but  he  at  least  owned  a  share  in  a 
ship  to  which  he  had  succeeded  through  his  first  wife 
Christian  Vorie.2  This  lady,  who  was  the  illegitimate  3 
daughter  of  John  Vorie  in  Balbaird,  died  without  issue 
on  7th  October  1628.  George  Baillie  throve,  became  a 
town  councillor 4  in  1631,  purchased  in  1636  the  lands 
of  Jerviswood  in  Lanarkshire  from  the  family  of 
Livingston,  and  in  1643  the  estate  of  Mellerstain  in 
Berwickshire  from  Andrew  Edmonston  of  Ednem.  The 
titles  to  these  properties,  along  with  his  '  best  clothes  ' 
and  his  4  silver  and  goldsmyth  work,'  were  4  all  totallie 
burnt '  in  August  1645,  4  the  tyme  of  that  Lament- 
able fyre  that  was  then  in  Edinburgh,'  they  being 
contained  in  4  ane  trunk  and  ane  kist '  in  the  house  of 
James  Baillie,  Merchant  Burgess  of  Edinburgh,  which  was 
4  totallie  burnt '  (Act  of  Parliament,  1647). 

It  was  probably  before  1636  that  he  had  made  his 
second  marriage — that  with  Margaret  Johnston,  daughter 
of  James  Johnston,  Merchant  Burgess  of  Edinburgh, 


1  Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  14th  June  1647. 

-  Edinburgh  Commissariot  Testaments,  24th  December  1623. 

3  Letters  of  legitimisation  granted  to  Christian  Vorie,  natural  daughter  of  the 
late  John  Vorie  in  Balbaird,  spouse  of  George  Baillie,  Merchant  Burgess  of 
Edinburgh. — Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  7th  July  1625. 

4  Reg.  Mag.  Sig.y  25th  March  1631. 


ROBERT  BAILLIE  OF  JERVISWOOD. 


INTRODUCTION 


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and  sister  of  Sir  Archibald  Johnston,  Lord  Wariston, 
by  whom  he  had  several  children,  namely : — 

1.  John  Baillie,  who  predeceased  him. 

2.  Robert  Baillie,  who  succeeded  him. 

3.  Archibald  Baillie. 

4.  Captain  George  Baillie  of  Mannerhall. 

5.  Captain  James  Baillie  of  the  City  Guard  of  Edinburgh. 

6.  Christian  Baillie. 

7.  Elizabeth  Baillie,1  was  married  to  Mr.  James  Kirkton, 
at  one  time  minister  of  Merton,  afterwards  of  the  Tolbooth, 
Edinburgh,  31st  December  1657  (Edinburgh  Register  of 
Marriages). 

8.  Rachel  Baillie,  was  married  first  to  Mr.  Andrew  Gray, 
one  of  the  ministers  of  Glasgow ;  second,  to  Mr.  George 
Hutcheson,  at  one  time  minister  in  Edinburgh,  afterwards 
in  Irvine. 

George  Baillie  probably  died  early  in  1646,  for  the 
4  Account  of  the  Annual  Rents  belonging  to  the  Children 
of  George  Baillie  '  begins  in  March  of  that  year.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  eldest  surviving  son  Robert.  A  sketch 
of  the  life  of  this  remarkable  man  will  be  found  on  p.  269. 
The  original  is  not  in  the  handwriting  of  Lady  Grisell, 
but  it  is  endorsed  by  her  '  My  father-in-law.'  As  will 
be  seen  from  this  sketch,  Robert  Baillie  first  came  into 
the  clutches  of  the  law  in  1676,  through  rescuing  his 
brother-in-law,  the  Rev.  James  Kirkton,  from  the  hands 
of  Captain  Carstairs.  The  story  is  a  curious  one,  and  will 
be  found  fully  set  forth  in  volume  forty-four  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland.  The 
result  of  the  trial  was  that  Baillie  was  fined  £500  sterling,2 

1  This  lady's  name  is  erroneously  given  in  Scott's  Fasti  Ecclesice  as  *  Grisell.' 
Both  Kirkton  and  Hutcheson  suffered  for  their  principles,  the  latter  on  one 
occasion  being  fined  half  a  year's  stipend  for  not  keeping  the  Anniversary  of 
the  Restoration. 

2  This  fine,  or  at  least  a  considerable  part  of  it,  was  subsequently  remitted  by 
the  Earl  of  Lauderdale. 


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and  incarcerated  in  the  Edinburgh  Tolbooth.  It  was 
during  his  confinement  at  this  time  that  his  son  George 
Baillie  first  made  the  acquaintance  of  his  future  wife,  then 
Grisell  Hume,  aged  twelve,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 
Patrick  Hume,  afterwards  Earl  of  Marchmont.  Sir 
Patrick  was  anxious  to  communicate  with  Jerviswood,  to 
whom  he  was  deeply  attached,  and  in  order  to  avoid 
suspicion  sent  his  little  daughter  from  Redbraes,  his 
country  seat,  to  execute  this  dangerous  and  delicate  com- 
mission. She  succeeded  so  well  4  that  from  that  time 
her  hardships  began,  from  the  confidence  was  put  in  her 
and  the  activity  she  naturally  had  far  beyond  her  age  in 
executing  whatever  she  was  intrusted  with.' 

When  Robert  Baillie  was  arrested  in  1683  for  high 
treason,  he  was  residing  in  London,  and  was  accordingly 
first  confined  in  the  Tower.  As  his  condemnation  by  an 
English  court  would  only  have  entailed  forfeiture  of  his 
movable  estate,  it  was  resolved  to  send  him  and  his  fellow- 
countrymen  in  misfortune  to  Scotland,  where  their  heritable 
estates  could  also  be  confiscated.  The  prisoners  were 
accordingly  shipped  north,  and  we  have  the  following 
pathetic  note  as  to  her  husband's  arrest  and  journey  to 
Scotland  in  the  handwriting  of  Mrs.  Baillie.  It  is  con- 
tained in  a  small  commonplace-book  of  her  husband's, 
and  has  for  convenience  been  divided  into  sentences. 

We  war  Led  in  presen  by  en  order  from  his  Majest,  writer  of 
it  Sr  Lyen  Jenkins,  detted  27  of  Joun  1683. 

Last  Octr  1683. 

We  cam  from  London  by  the  Kings  yach  called  the  Kettchen 
yach,  on  Capten  Croo  our  skiper  and  on  scrgcn  histinns,  12 
sogers,  all  of  the  Kings  owen  foot  gard.  We  was  sheped  opon 
the  Last  of  Oct1'  and  had  a  very  dengerowes  Jarny,  and  cam 
to  Lcth  opon  14  day  of  Novbr,  when  11  gcntellmen  was  garded 
W*  horse  and  foott,  the  preseners  being  in  coshs  ontill  they 
cam  to  the  Netherbow  ell,  and  then  Mager  Whett  cam  from 
the  Chansler  and  traserer  and  commanded  them  to  go  on  foot 


RACHEL  JOHNSTON 

WIFE  OF  ROBERT  BAILLIE  OF  JERVISWOOD 

{From  a  Portrait  by  John  Scougall  at  Mellerstain.) 


INTRODUCTION 


xiii 


and  so  they  did,  garded  w*  hors  and  foot,  to  the  Tollboth, 
where  thay  ar  keeped  geloss.  The  end  of  Desr  we  got  in  twes 
wt  Sr  Will  petterson  and  pettrick  Menzies,  Clark  to  the  Counsell. 
Then  in  Janr  I  got  in  tow  days  wt  a  keeper,  then  being  stoped 
agen  in  f ebr  I  got  in  ones  a  day  or  more  wt  on  of  the  good  men. 
We  got  opon  dors  preson  dors  upon  18  Aprell  1684.  Thay  war 
med  clos  presoner  in  Jully  24  opon  a  thursday,  and  w*in  8  dayes 
my  husband  fell  very  sik  and  was  put  clos  in  a  rume  alone  and 
keeped  ther  un'ell  he  was  allmost  ded  and  opon  the  14  Agust 
my  sister  was  Let  in  to  him  and  3  dayes  after  I  myself  was 
Lett  in  and  stayed  18  dayes  w*  him,  and  we  was  taken  from 
him  when  non  wold  have  toght  he  could  heve  Lived  en  houre 
and  he  stayed  Loked  op  tell  the  six  of  novbir  all  a  Lone. 

The  trial  and  its  result  are  too  well  known  to  require 
more  than  a  passing  notice  here.  Jerviswood,  who  had 
been  desperately  ill  in  prison,  was  carried  to  court  in  his 
4  night  gown,'  1  and  driven  to  execution  a  few  hours  after 
sentence  had  been  pronounced.  Wodrow  reports  that 
he  said  to  his  son  George,  who  had  been  recalled  from  his 
studies  abroad,  c  If  ye  have  a  strong  heart  ye  may  go  and 
see  me  nagled  ;  but  if  ye  have  not  a  heart  for  it  ye  may 
stay  away.'  From  what  Lady  Murray  says  in  her  Memoirs 
he  appears  to  have  gone,  but  whether  he  remained  with 
his  aunt  Mrs.  Graden  to  see  the  body  1  cut  in  coupons  and 
oyled  and  tarred  '  is  nowhere  mentioned.  Lady  Murray, 
however,  states  that  his  mother  and  aunts  said  '  that  it 
ever  after  gave  that  grave,  silent,  thoughtful  turn  to  his 
temper  which  before  that  time  was  not  natural  to  him.' 
It  also  gave  him  what  was  by  no  means  so  common  at 
that  period,  namely,  feelings  of  compassion  towards  his 
political  opponents  when  the  wheel  of  fortune  placed  some 
of  them  in  the  same  position  in  which  his  father  had  been. 
After  the  '  '15,'  when  he  was  a  Lord  of  the  Treasury,  and 
at  a  time  when  to  speak  his  mind  might  easily  have 
damaged  his  position,  he  publicly  '  declared  himself  for 


1  See  p.  Ixxi. 


xiv  HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


mercy  to  the  poor  unhappy  sufferers  by  the  rebellion/ 
and  began  a  long  Parliamentary  speech  '  by  saying  that 
he  had  been  bred  in  the  School  of  affliction  which  had 
instructed  him  in  both  the  reasonableness  and  necessity 
of  showing  mercy  to  others  in  the  like  circumstances/ 
As  his  accounts  show,  he  did  more  than  talk,  for  there  are 
several  entries  of  payments  made  to  the  unfortunate 
prisoners  taken  at  Preston.  4  To  the  Laird  of  Wedder- 
burn  when  in  Prison,  £5  '  ;  '  To  James  Hume  of  Aiton  My 
Ld  Humes  brother,  £l,  Is.  6d  '  ;  'To  Mrs.  Hume  White- 
field,  £l,  Is.  6d.,'  wife  of  Hume  of  Whitefield,  and  to  others 
— thus  confirming  Lady  Murray's  statement  as  to  his 
helping  '  the  wives,  sisters,  and  other  relations  and  friends 
of  the  poor  prisoners.'  That  Lord  Kenmore's  body  was 
handed  to  his  relatives  instead  of  to  the  surgeons  for 
dissection  was  entirely  owing  to  his  intervention  and 
foresight. 

His  conduct  to  these  unfortunates  is  made  even  more 
remarkable  by  the  fact  4  that  they  plundered  several 
gentlemen's  country  seats  (particularly  the  houses  of  Sir 
John  Pringle  of  Stitchell  and  Mr.  Baillie  of  Jerviswood) 
carry'd  away  what  peuther  they  could  get  to  melt  down 
for  Bullets,  destroyed  their  corn,  etc'  1 

Robert  Baillie  cannot  have  been  much  over  fifty,2  if  so 
old,  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Lord  Fountainhall  in  his 
Chronological  Notes  describes  him  as  being  a  '  huffy  proud 
man '  who  c  huffed  a  little  that  he  should  be  esteemed 
guilty  of  any  design  against  the  life  of  the  King  or  his 
brother  whereof  he  purged  himself  as  he  hoped  for  mercy/ 
He  was  survived  by  his  widow  and  by  the  following 


1  The  History  of  the  Rebellion  raised  against  King  George,  etc.  (171 5),  by 
Peter  Rae,  1718. 

2  His  father's  first  wife  died  on  7th  October  1628,  and  as  he  was  the  second 
son  of  his  father's  second  marriage,  he  cannot  have  been  older  than  fifty-three, 
and  was  probably  a  little  younger. 


INTRODUCTION 


xv 


children,  who  were  all  born  at  Jerviswood  Tower,  which 
he  made  his  residence  : — 

George,  who  succeeded  him,  born  16th  March  1664. 

Archibald,  born  15th  April  1665. 

Robert,  born  4th  July  1666. 

William,  born  24th  January  1669. 

Rachel,  born  3rd  April  1671,  married  Dundas  of  Breast- 
milne,  Linlithgowshire. 

James,  born  9th  June  1673. 

John,  born  14th  March  1675,  died  1717.  His  funeral 
cost  £11,  16s.  6d.  (see  p.  59). 

Helen,  born  July  1676,  married  John  Hay,  Writer  in 
Edinburgh,  died  in  1717. 

Elizabeth,  born  25th  September  1677,  married  Mr, 
Robert  Weems  of  Graingemuir,  made  Collector  at  Alloa 
March  1717. 

Robert  Baillie's  execution  took  place  on  24th  December 
1684,  and  while  his  head  was  exhibited  on  the  Netherbow 
Port  of  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  his  quarters  were  exposed 
on  the  Tolbooths  of  Jedburgh,  Lanark,  Ayr,  and  Glasgow. 
The  quarter  which  was  sent  to  Lanark  Tolbooth,  not  a 
mile  from  his  own  house  of  Jerviswood,  remained  but  a 
short  time  in  its  position,  for  4  a  band  of  young  men, 
headed  by  a  certain  yeoman  named  William  Leishman, 
came  and  stole  it  away  for  burial.' 1  This  Leishman's  son 
and  namesake  was  afterwards  sent  to  college  by  the 
Jerviswood  family  out  of  gratitude  for  this  service,  and 
eventually  became  Principal  Leishman  of  Glasgow  Uni- 
versity. 

The  execution  of  Robert  Baillie  made  it  evident  to  his 
old  friend  Sir  Patrick  Hume  that  if  he  wished  to  preserve 
his  life  he  had  better  get  out  of  Scotland  as  soon  as  possible. 
The  story  of  Sir  Patrick's  concealment  and  subsequent 


1  A  Son  of  Knox,  and  other  Studies,  by  J.  F.  Leishman,  1909. 


xvi   HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


escape  to  Holland,  and  of  the  heroic  part  therein  played 
by  his  daughter  Grisell,  is  too  well  known  to  need  repetition 
here.  Suffice  it  to  say  he  lay  hid  first  for  a  month  in  the 
family  vault  under  Polwarth  Church,  where  4  he  had  only 
for  light  an  open  slit  at  one  end  through  which  nobody 
could  see,'  and  where  6  his  great  comfort  and  constant 
entertainment  [for  he  had  no  light  to  read  by]  was 
repeating  Buchanan's  Psalms,  which  he  had  by  heart 
from  beginning  to  end,  and  retained  them  to  his  dying 
day.'  When  this  place  of  concealment  could  be  endured 
no  longer,  he  was  brought  to  the  house  and  shut  up  in 
a  room  of  the  ground  floor,  of  which  his  daughter  kept  the 
key.  Under  the  floor  of  this  room  his  wife,  daughter, 
and  Jamie  Winter,  a  carpenter  who  used  to  work  in  the 
house  and  who  alone  shared  the  secret,  '  scratched  '  a 
hole  in  the  earth,  fitting  into  it  a  box  with  bed 
and  bedclothes,  whither  Sir  Patrick  could  retreat  in 
the  event  of  an  alarm,  then  the  flooring  having  been 
screwed  down  and  the  bed  placed  over  the  top  it  was 
hoped  he  would  escape  detection.  4  After  being  at  home 
a  week  or  two,  the  bed  daily  examined  as  usual,  one  day, 
in  lifting  the  boards,  the  bed  bounced  to  the  top,  the 
box  being  full  of  water.'  This  and  the  news  of  Jervis- 
wood's  execution  convinced  him  and  his  wife  and  daughter 
that  safety  must  be  sought  elsewhere.  Disguised  and 
passing  as  a  surgeon,  he  made  his  way  through  London 
to  Bordeaux  and  from  thence  to  Utrecht  in  Holland, 
where,  settling  under  the  name  of  '  Dr.  Wallace,'  his 
family  soon  joined  him.  Thither  also  fled  George  Baillie, 
a  circumstance  which  does  not  surprise  us  with  our  know- 
ledge of  after  events. 

The  estates  of  both  exiles  had  been  forfeited,  that  of 
Baillie  having  been  given  to  the  Duke  of  Gordon,  while 
that  of  Sir  Patrick  Hume  passed  to  the  Earl  of  Seaforth, 
thus  leaving  both   in   nearly   destitute  circumstances. 


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xvii 


1  Dr.  Wallace  '  made  a  living  by  practising  medicine,  of 
which  he  had  some  slight  knowledge,  while  young  Baillie 
and  Sir  Patrick's  eldest  son  1  entered  the  Prince  of  Orange's 
Horse  Guards,  where  they  served  4  till  they  were  better 
provided  for  in  the  army,  which  they  were  before  the 
Revolution.'  It  was  when  in  the  Guards  that  the  two 
friends,  standing  sentry  at  the  gate,  while  the  Prince 
dined  in  public,  took  toll  of  a  kiss  before  letting  any  pretty 
girl  pass  in.  Apparently  the  morose  Baillie  could  relax 
at  times  ! 

When  in  1689  the  Prince  of  Orange  sailed  for  England, 
Sir  Patrick  Hume,  his  son,  and  George  Baillie  sailed  with 
him.  The  first  attempt  to  cross  the  Channel  proved  a 
failure,  the  fleet  being  dispersed  by  a  gale,  and  the  ship 
in  which  were  the  Humes  and  Baillie  being  nearly  lost. 
Baillie  was  so  affected  by  his  narrow  escape  that  4  all  his 
life  after  he  kept  a  rigorous  fast  once  every  week,  spending 
the  whole  day  in  meditation,  prayer,  and  praises  to  his 
Deliverer.'  2 

Strangely  enough,  on  his  voyage  to  Holland  he  had  also 
an  experience  which  had  a  marked  effect  on  his  after  life. 
Some  of  his  companions  in  like  condition  to  himself  4  pro- 
posed playing  at  dice  to  divert  themselves.  He  had  the 
luck  to  strip  the  whole  company,  which  left  them  in  a  most 
destitute  condition.  He  returned  every  man  his  money 
with  his  advice  not  again  to  risk  their  all :  and  this  occa- 
sioned his  making  such  reflections  on  the  frailty  of  human 
nature  and  the  bewitchingness  of  play  as  made  him  resolve 
against  it  and  hate  it  in  all  shapes  ever  after  through  out 
his  whole  life.'  His  hatred  of  play  does  not  seem  to  have 
prevented  his  wife  and  daughters  from  frequently  enjoying 


1  Patrick  Hume  predeceased  his  father  on  25th  November  1709. 
-An  Historical  Character  of  the  Hon.  George  Baillie,  Esq.,  by  G.  Cheyne, 
appended  to  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 

b 


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a  mild  gamble,  as  the  numerous  entries  in  the  London 
accounts  show. 

On  his  return  to  Scotland  Baillie  found  himself  in  a 
very  different  position  from  that  in  which  he  had  been 
when  he  fled  the  country.  The  Whigs  and  Presbyterians 
were  all-powerful.  His  father  and  his  grandfather — Lord 
Wariston — were  regarded  as  martyrs  for  the  cause  ;  his 
uncle  James  Johnston  had  been  appointed  Secretary  of 
State  for  Scotland  ;  and  his  first  cousin  once  removed, 
Mr.  Gilbert  Burnet,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  was 
now  King  William's  chaplain.  It  is  not  surprising,  there- 
fore, that  he  was  at  once  elected  one  of  the  four  members 
returned  by  the  county  of  Berwick  to  the  Convention  of 
Estates  ;  that  he  was  appointed  a  Commissioner  of  Supply 
for  that  county  and  also  for  Lanarkshire  ;  that  his  estates 
were  restored  to  him;  and  that  he  was  made  Receiver- 
General  of  Scotland,  a  post  which  brought  him  in  £300 
a  year,  a  good  salary  for  those  days.  His  prospects 
were  now  such  as  to  entitle  him  to  ask  for  the  hand 
of  Grisell  Hume  from  her  father,  who  in  December  1690 
had  been  created  Lord  Polwarth.  The  young  people 
had  always  been  deeply  attached,  and  they  were  married 
at  Redbraes,  the  seat  of  the  Humes,  on  17th  September 
1691.  It  was  an  ideal  union.  4  They  never  had  the 
shadow  of  a  quarrel  or  misunderstanding  or  dryness 
betwixt  them,  not  for  a  moment.'  4  He  never  went  abroad 
but  she  went  to  the  window  to  look  after  him  ;  and  so  she 
did  that  very  day  he  fell  ill  the  last  time  he  was  abroad, 
never  taking  her  eyes  from  him  as  long  as  he  was  in  sight.' 

It  is  from  about  a  year  after  the  date  of  the  marriage 
that  the  accounts  begin  to  be  kept,  but  before  referring 
to  them  it  is  necessary  for  their  proper  appreciation  to 
say  a  few  words  regarding  George  Baillie's  position, 
political  and  social. 

It  has  been  already  stated,  that  Baillie  sat  in  Parliament 


GEORGE  BAILLIE  OF  JERVTSWOOD  AND  HIS 
DAUGHTER  GR1SELL. 


{From  a  Portrait  at  Mellcrstain.) 


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xix 


as  one  of  the  members  for  Berwickshire,  of  course  as  a 
Whig  ;  but  he  was  by  no  means  the  sort  of  man  to  vote 
blindly  for  the  4  Court  Party,'  however  much  that  might  be 
to  his  interest.  When,  therefore,  questions  arose  in  Parlia- 
ment regarding  the  affairs  of  the  unfortunate  4  Company 
trading  to  Africa  and  the  Indies,'  better  known  as  the  Darien 
Company,  in  which  he  held  £1000  of  stock,  and  of  which 
he  was  a  director,  he  was  one  of  those  who,  deeply  resent- 
ing the  interference  of  England,  joined  the  new  4  Country 
Party  '  which  was  then  formed.1  Of  this  party  Baillie 
was  one  of  the  leaders,  and  4  gained  a  great  reputation 
by  standing  so  stiffly  by  the  interests  of  his  country.'  2 
So  much  so,  that  when  in  1703,  a  year  after  the  accession 
of  Anne,  a  new  Parliament  was  called,  Baillie  was  returned 
as  member  for  the  shires  of  both  Berwick  and  Lanark. 
Electing  to  sit  for  the  latter,  he  continued  to  represent  this 
constituency  until  his  retirement  in  1725.  The  Sessions 
that  followed  were  most  momentous  ones,  embracing  the 
long  struggle  that  preceded  the  passing  of  the  Treaty  of 
"Union,  but  it  is  unnecessary  here  to  trace  the  prominent 
parts  played  by  the  '  Country  Party  '  and  subsequently 
by  the  4  Squadrone  Volant e  '  in  that  fight,  as  they  are 
well  known.  Baillie  was  in  the  forefront  of  the  battle. 
He  was  one  of  the  three  representatives  sent  by  the 
4  Country  Party  '  to  set  their  views  before  Queen  Anne, 
was  made  Lord  Treasurer  Depute  in  the  short-lived 
Tweeddale  Administration  and  a  member  of  the  Privy 
Council,  and,  in  short,  was  4  by  far  the  most  significant 
man '  of  the  4  Squadrone  Volante,'  4  to  whom  he  was  a 
kind  of  dictator.'  3  The  position  occupied  by  Baillie  at 
this  time  is  well  shown  in  the  Jerviswood  Correspondence, 
where  we  read  the  private  views  of  the  three  leaders  of 


1  George  Ridpath's  Account  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Parliament  of  Scotland, 
1703. 

2  Lockhart  Papers.  3  Ibid. 


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the  4  Squadrone  Volante,'  viz.  of  Secretary  Johnston, 
that  4  shrewd  cunning  fellow  '  ;  of  the  Earl  of  Roxburgh, 
4  the  best  accomplished  young  man  of  quality  in  Europe  '  ; 
and  of  Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  4  the  morose,  proud  and 
severe,  but  of  a  profound  solid  judgment.'  1  We  see  how, 
step  by  step,  they  were  driven  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
only  way  to  ensure  the  Hanoverian  Succession,  the  Presby- 
terian form  of  worship,  and  equal  trading  rights  with 
England  was  by  an  absolute  union  with  her  ;  they  had  no 
love  for  union  in  itself,  seeing  clearly  what  it  entailed ; 
but  it  seemed  to  them  to  be  the  least  of  the  many  evils 
that  hovered  over  Scotland.  The  4  Squadrone  Volante  ' 
has  been  accused  of  venality  ;  but  these  letters  make  it 
clear  that,  while  in  the  manner  of  the  time  the  leaders 
had  a  keen  eye  to  their  own  interests,  and  hoped  to  be 
eventually  rewarded  for  the  course  they  adopted,  still  in 
making  up  their  minds  to  that  course  they  conscientiously 
considered,  in  the  first  instance,  the  interests  of  their 
country. 

That  the  Treaty  of  Union  could  not  have  been  passed 
without  the  help  of  the  4  Squadrone  Volante  '  was  fully 
recognised  ;  and  it  was  therefore  not  unnatural  that  Baillie 
should  be  one  of  the  selected  members  who  sat  for  Scot- 
land in  the  first  Union  Parliament,  and  that  he  should 
be  rewarded  for  his  services  by  being  appointed  one 
of  the  Commissioners  of  Trade  with  a  salary  of  £1000 
per  annum.  The  duties  of  this  post  he  was  eminently 
capable  of  discharging,  as  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
important  Council  of  Trade,  which  before  the  Union  had 
reported  on  the  exports  and  imports  of  Scotland. 

The  first  elected  United  Parliament  met  in  November 
1708,  and  in  this  Baillie  sat,  as  formerly,  for  the  county 
of  Lanark.    Then  followed  the  Queen's  quarrel  with  the 


1  Lockhart  Papers. 


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xxi 


Marlboroughs,  the  ousting  of  Her  Majesty's  Whig  ad- 
visers, the  election  of  1710,  with  the  return  to  Parlia- 
ment of  a  large  Tory  majority.  Baillie,  however,  retained 
his  seat,  and  in  connection  with  his  so  doing  his  daughter 
writes  :  'As  he  never  liked  making  court  to  any  minister 
when  there  was  anything  he  thought  proper  for  him 
to  represent  he  always  had  a  private  audience  of 
the  Queen,  who  shewed  so  great  a  personal  favour  for 
him,  that,  on  the  change  of  her  ministry  in  the  end  of  her 
reign,  she  kept  him  in  office  a  year  after  the  rest  of  his 
party  were  turned  out,  and  when  they  prevailed  to  have 
him  removed,  they  pressed  her  to  give  some  orders  they 
thought  necessary  to  hinder  him  of  his  election,  which 
she  absolutely  refused.' 

If  Scotland  had  good  reason  to  object  to  the  treatment 
it  had  received  at  the  hands  of  a  Whig  Government,  it  had 
still  more  reason  to  resent  what  was  meted  out  to  it  by 
the  now  victorious  Tory  party.  Both  parties  in  Scotland 
were  exasperated  by  one  or  more  of  the  measures  passed 
by  Parliament,  and  even  amongst  the  staunchest  Whigs 
there  was  a  feeling  that  the  Union  had  been  a  failure  and 
should  be  repealed.  Indeed  there  was  made  by  the 
Scottish  members  a  movement  in  this  direction,  in  which 
Baillie  to  a  qualified  extent  joined.1  The  question  even 
got  the  length  of  being  raised  in  the  Lords,  but  it  was 
unsuccessful  and,  as  it  was  not  thought  advisable  to  bring 
it  forward  in  the  Commons,  it  accordingly  fizzled  out. 
This  result  was  in  no  ways  due  to  the  want  of  Parliamentary 
sympathy  for  the  Scottish  Jacobite  party,  who  had  always 
been  opposed  to  the  Union,  for  the  Tories  made  little  or 
no  concealment  of  their  intention  to  attempt  the  restora- 
tion of  the  Stuarts  upon  Anne's  death.  So  fully  was  this 
recognised  by  the  Whigs,  that,  resolving  to  resist  to  the 


1  Lock  hart  Papers. 


xxii  HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


death,  they  prepared  themselves  for  civil  war.  Societies  were 
formed  of  those  favouring  the  Hanoverian  Succession,  and 
meetings  were  held  to  arrange  for  organised  resistance 
and  for  the  purchase  of  arms.  That  Baillie  took  his  share 
in  these  warlike  preparations  is  shown  by  the  following 
entries  in  his  accounts  : — 

1714.  15  May  For  a  gun  and  30  swords  £4  and  for 

packing  4s.  6d.      .        .  .£446 
18  Sept.  For  29  guns  and  Bagginets        .    18    4  1X4T 
For  a  barrill  powder  weighe  7h 
stone  3    6  8 

One  cannot  help  wondering  if  these  arms  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  Highlanders  when  they  looted  Mellerstain 
in  the  4  '15.' 

Mercifully  for  the  peace  of  the  country,  Queen  Anne's 
sudden  death  on  1st  August  1714  threw  out  the  calcula- 
tions of  the  Jacobites,  and  before  they  had  time  to  rally 
George  had  been  proclaimed  king  and  had  landed  in 
England. 

On  his  arrival  there  naturally  ensued  a  complete 
change  in  Government,  the  Whigs  once  again  being 
all-powerful.1  Of  Baillie's  position  at  this  period  Lady 
Murray  writes :  'Upon  the  accession  of  King  George 
the  First  he  was  made  one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Admir- 
alty,2 and  soon  after  one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,3 
without  his  ever  soliciting  or  asking  for  either  of  them; 
and  had  no  thought  nor  expectation  of  being  in  the 
Treasury  when  the  Earl  of  Stanhope,  then  at  the  head  of 
it,  sent  him  orders  to  come  and  take  his  place  at  the 
Board.  There  he  continued  till  at  his  own  earnest  desire 
he  laid  down  in  the  year  1725  against  the  opinion  and 

1  'The  chief  men  in  place  are  the  Speaker,  Sir  Richard  Onslow,  Mr. 
Boscawen,  Mr.  Aislaby,  Mr.  Smith,  Mr.  Lechmere,  Mr.  Haylcy,  Mr.  Putteney, 
Mr.  Stanhope.'—  On  the  State  of  Party  at  the  Accession  of  George  by  Mr. 
Wort  ley. 

1  Salary  ^"iooo  per  annum.  :!  Salary  .£1600  per  annum. 


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xxiii 


entreaties  of  all  his  friends,  and  even  the  King  desired  him 
to  continue  and  was  a  year  before  he  accepted  his  demis- 
sion.' 1  If  Lady  Murray  is  correct  in  the  latter  part  of 
this  statement,  Baillie  was  more  fortunate  than  the  other 
members  of  his  party,  who  in  1725  were  all  turned  out  of 
their  posts  by  Walpole  for  not  being  sufficiently  sub- 
servient to  the  English  view  of  Scottish  policy.  Be  that 
as  it  may,  he  ceased  after  the  year  1725  to  take  a  part 
in  public  affairs,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  education 
of  his  grandchildren,  and  to  '  constant  meditation,  con- 
templation and  prayer.'  He  died  at  Oxford  on  6th  August 
1738,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  and  was  buried  at  Meller- 
stain  in  the  private  burial-ground  prepared  by  himself. 
4  At  one  and  the  same  time  he  was  a  most  zealous  patriot, 
a  very  able  statesman,  and  a  most  perfect  Christian. 

His  courage  was  undaunted  and  his  patience  immovable  ; 
his  piety  unfeigned  and  his  truth  exact  to  the  greatest 
precision.'  2 

In  addition  to  his  political  work,  Baillie,  as  was  but 
natural,  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  Church 
of  Scotland.  He  was  chosen  as  representative  elder  to 
the  General  Assembly  for  the  parish  of  Earlston,  in  which 
Mellerstain  lies,  and  this  position  he  held  for  many 
years,  attending  the  Assembly  with  characteristic  regu- 
larity. When  resident  in  Edinburgh  he  had  a  loft 
in  that  part  of  St.  Giles  known  as  the  Tolbooth,  for 
which  he  paid  £l,  10s.  a  year,  and  when  in  England 
he  4  continued  steadily  in  his  own  Church  and  princi- 
ples,' having  a  pew  in  King's  Street  Chapel,  London, 

1  He  retired  on  a  pension  of  ^1600  per  annum.  In  regard  to  this,  Lady- 
Mary  Wortley  Montagu,  writing  to  her  sister  the  Countess  of  Marin  1726,  says, 
'  Mr.  Baily  you  know  is  dismissed  the  Treasury  and  consoled  with  a  pension 
of  equal  value.' 

2  An  Historical  Character  of  the   Hon.   George  Baillie,  by  C.  Cheyne 
M.D.,  F.R.S.,  appended  to  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 


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for  which  he  paid  9s.  a  quarter.  He  also  contributed 
generously  to  the  building  funds  of  Presbyterian  Churches 
both  in  England  and  Ireland.  Not  that  he  adhered  to 
his  own  Church  with  '  rigidness  and  narrowness  of  soul,' 
for  his  Accounts  show  that  when  abroad  his  charities 
extended  to  priests  and  nuns  and  monks ;  and  Lady 
Murray  narrates  how  '  two  of  the  poor  Episcopal  Clergy 
in  Scotland  came  to  ask  charity  for  themselves  and  their 
brethren  without  the  expectation  of  seeing  him.  He 
received  them  kindly,  kept  them  to  dinner  with  him, 
contributed  to  their  necessities,  and  shewed  great  dis- 
pleasure at  his  servants  for  not  having  taken  proper  care 
of  their  horses,  nor  bringing  them  so  readily  as  they  would 
have  done  to  those  from  whom  they  expected  a  reward.' 

It  must  not,  however,  be  imagined  that  Baillie  was 
entirely  taken  up  with  politics  and  religion.  He  had  his 
'  hunting  mares,'  which  we  learn  from  the  Accounts  were 
specially  fed  with  beans,  and  he  went  on  hawking  expedi- 
tions. He  evidently  could  also  take  a  hand  in  a  carouse, 
for  on  4th  June  1706,  the  Earl  of  Haddington  writing  to 
the  Earl  of  Mar  says  :  4  Drinking  indeed  succeeds  pretty 
well,  thanks  to  my  Lord  Roths,  Hindfoord,  Anster,  George 
Baillie,  James  Bruce  and  myself,  who  as  long  as  the 
Assembly  lasted  lived  as  discreet  a  life  as  you  could 
wish.'  1  When  the  family  went  to  stay  in  London  in 
1715,  Lady  Grisell  and  he  took  part  with  their  daughters 
in  the  '  ball,  masquerades,  parties  by  water  and  such 
like,'  4  neither  choosing  to  deprive  us  of  them  nor  let  us 
go  alone  .  .  .  and  they  generally  were  calculated  at  times 
most  convenient  for  my  father.'  Many  are  the  references 
in  the  Accounts  to  these  parties. 

There  is  no  doubt,  however,  that  such  diversions  were 
:  not  quite  suitable  to  his  own  temper,'  and  that  his  chief 


1  Fraser's  Memorials  of  the  Earls  of  Haddington.  2  vols.   1889.  4to. 


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XXV 


pleasure  lay  in  his  books  and  in  retirement  with  them. 
The  Accounts  show  that  Baillie  constantly  bought  books. 
He  purchased  from  Mosman  in  the  Luckenbooths,  from 
Johnston,  Knox  and  Vallance ;  he  bought  at  auctions, 
and  had  heavy  accounts  with  Andrew  Bell,  Bookseller, 
London.  One  of  the  earliest  entries  after  his  marriage  is 
for  the  erection  in  his  first  house  in  Warriston  Close  of 
five  double  presses  for  books  at  a  cost  of  £72  Scots  or  £6 
sterling ;  and  when  he  finally  left  Edinburgh  for  Meller- 
stain  in  1708  he  took  with  him  four  cartloads  of  books. 
He  was  not  contented  with  reading  himself,  but  must  needs 
encourage  reading  amongst  his  dependants.  He  saw  to 
it  that  they  all  had  Bibles ;  and  on  one  occasion  we  find 
him  spending  £3,  10s.  sterling  4  for  books  for  the  tenants 
and  servants,'  and  on  another,  2s.  for  a  '  Thomas  a  Kempis 
to  the  servants.'  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  Accounts 
only  give  the  names  of  a  few  of  the  volumes  purchased, 
such  as :  '  Jaillots  Maps,' 1  £12,  10s.  stg.  ;  *  Mazerays 
History,' 2  3  vols.,  £6,  13s.  4d.  stg.  ;  '  Foster's  Book,' 
6s.  8d.  stg.  ;  '  Defoe's  Book  in  defence  of  the  Union,' 
2s.  6d.  (this  of  course  purchased  in  1707);  '  Naphtali,' 
covenanting  Records,  by  Sir  James  Stewart  of  Goodtrees  ; 
4  Johnston,  Engraver,  for  his  book  of  Maps,  £2,  2s. ';  'a 
little  Divinity  Book,'  Is.  8d. ;  '  Atalantis  '  by  Mrs.  Manley, 
which  was  one  of  the  scandalous  works  lent  out  by  Allan 
Ramsay  in  1726  from  the  first  circulating  library  in  the 
kingdom. 

Even  when  travelling  on  the  Continent  books  were  pur- 
chased, and  a  box  was  sent  home  containing,  along  with 
several  books  of  prints,  maps  and  music,  such  works  as 
Telimon's  History,  Don  Quixote,  Bocaccio,  Le  Fortunato 
Neapolinano  (in  two  volumes),  Delices  de  la  Holland, 

1  Bernard  Antoine  Jaillot,  a  well-known  map-maker  in  the  early  eighteenth 
■  century. 

2  Probably  Histoire  de  France,  published  1643  to  165 1.  Folio. 


xxvi  HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Delices  d' Italy,  History  of  the  Painters,  Salvini's  Works, 
Monsignr  della  Casa's  Works,  Cato  in  Italian  (unbound), 
Terense's  Plays  in  Italian,  Recueil  de  Pensees  (in  five 
volumes),  Retratto  di  Venezzia,  Confession  of  Augsburg, 
Dieu  present  par  tout,  etc. 

The  Mellerstain  library  contains  to  this  day  many 
hundreds  of  books  with  his  bookplate  carefully  pasted  in. 

Baillie  was  also  a  patron  of  the  Arts.  He  had  1  wax 
pictures  '  done  of  his  son  and  mother,  presumably  after 
their  deaths,  for  which  he  pays  £l,  14s.  4d.  stg.  and  £3,  4s. 
stg.  respectively.  Then  he  purchased  many  pictures  from 
John  Scugald,  whose  name  is  associated  with  the  first 
picture  gallery  in  Europe,  this  artist  having  added  an 
upper  story  to  his  house  in  Advocates'  Close,  Edinburgh, 
and  fitted  it  up  for  the  purpose  of  an  exhibition.1 

The  prices  paid  strike  one  as  small,  even  bearing  in 
mind  the  remuneration  of  services  at  that  time.  For 
instance :  '  To  Scugald  for  2  pictures  and  frames, 
£74  8s.  '  Scots  (£6,  4s.  stg.).  <  Scuglad  for  pictures,  £48  * 
Scots  (£4).  4  Scugald  balance,  £96 '  Scots  (£8  stg.). 
6  1705  Deer.  To  John  Scugald  painter  in  full  of  all 
accounts,  £84  Scots  '  (£7  stg.).  The  most  curious  entry, 
however,  in  connection  with  this  artist  is  the  following 
in  1706  :  4  For  drawing  Grisies  peticoat  by  Skugald,'  5s, 
stg.  Does  this  mean  that  he  turned  his  artistic  talents  to 
designing  clothes  or  grounding  patterns  for  embroidery  ? 

In  1710  Sir  John  Medina  painted  Baillie,  his  wife,  and 
the  4  two  bairens's  pictures  '  for  £20  stg.,2  and  in  1711 

1  Old  and  New  Edinburgh,  by  James  Grant.  '  For  some  years  after  the 
Revolution  he  was  the  only  painter  in  Scotland,  and  had  a  very  great  run  of 
business.    This  brought  him  into  a  hasty  and  incorrect  manner.' — Pinkerton. 

8  Induced  by  the  promise  of  customers  to  venture  from  London,  the  Spaniard 
Juan  Bautitta  Medina  had  come  to  the  unknown  North,  bringing  with  him  in 
a  smack  to  Lcith  an  ample  supply  of  canvases  containing  bodies  and  postures, 
male  and  female,  ready  painted,  to  which  the  heads  of  his  future  clients  were 
to  be  affixed.— Graham's  Social  Life  of  Scotland  in  the  Eighteenth  Century. 
He  was  knighted  in  1707,  before  the  Union,  by  the  Duke  of  Queensberry. 


BOOK    PLATE    OF    GEORGE  BAILLIE 
OF  JERVISWOOD. 


INTRODUCTION 


XXVll 


Hay  did  several  pictures  of  Jerviswood  as  presents  for 
various  friends  at  the  rate  of  £l,  10s.  stg.  each,  and  10s. 
for  the  frame. 

The  most  expensive  work  got  is  a  portrait  from  William 
Aikman,1  but  of  which  member  of  the  family  is  not  stated. 

1717  Mr.  Aickman  in  pairt  for  picturs        .        .    £21    0  0 
In  full  payd  for  the  picturs  at  5  guinys  sitting 

and  5£  coppys       .        .        .        .  31    0  0 

£52  stg. 

When  at  Florence  in  1733,  Lady  Grisell  has  portraits 
of  her  husband,  her  daughter  Grisie,  and  her  two  grand- 
daughters, Grisie  and  Helen,  painted  by  Mr.  Martin  at  a 
cost  of  eleven  guineas,  and  in  Bologne  a  4  pictor  of  the 
Autom  '  is  purchased  for  £2.  Cases  are  bought  for  these 
works  of  art,  the  conveyance  of  which  must  have  added 
considerably  to  the  trouble  of  their  homeward  journey. 

George  Baillie  died  on  6th  August  1738  and  was 
survived  by  his  widow  and  by  two  daughters — Grisell, 
born  at  Redbraes  on  26th  October  1692,  and  Rachel, 
born  in  Warriston's  Land  on  23rd  February  1696. 
He  was  predeceased  by  his  only  son  Robert,  who 
was  born  on  23rd  February  1694  and  died  on  28th 
February  1696.  His  daughter  Grisell  was  married  on 
16th  August  1710  to  4  Mr.  Alexander  Murray,  the  son 
and  heir  of  Sir  David  Murray  of  Stanhope,  Baronet,  by 
the  Lady  Anne  Bruce,  daughter  of  Alexander,  Earl  of 
Kincardine.' 2  Grisell's  father,  who  'was  the  most  just  and 
sagacious  observer  of  mankind  that  was  possible,'  was 
opposed  to  the  marriage,  but  overcome  by  his  daughter's 

1  1  William  Aikman  (laird  of  Cairney)  had  been  at  his  easel  since  17 12  in  his 
High  Street  Close,  a  laird  by  rank,  a  good  painter  by  craft,  .  .  .  but  ten  years 
were  enough  to  weary  Aikman  of  a  poor  business,  and  customers  that  grudged 
to  be  immortalised  at  £10  for  a  painted  yard  of  canvas,  "forbye  a  frame,"  and 
he  quitted  Edinburgh  .  .  .  and  went  to  London.' — Graham's  Social  Life  of 
Scotland  in  the  Eighteenth  Century. 

2  Appendix  V.  to  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 


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tears,  reluctantly  gave  his  consent.  The  union  turned  out 
a  most  unfortunate  one,  for  Mr.  Murray  4  under  a  pleasing 
exterior '  possessed  4  a  dark,  moody  and  ferocious  temper  ' 
amounting  almost  to  insanity,  which  4  made  him  the  help- 
less victim  of  the  most  groundless  suspicions.'  This  curious 
temper  showed  itself  on  the  very  first  day  after  their 
marriage,  and  although  he  appears  to  have  lived  with 
his  wife  in  his  father-in-law's  house  for  some  five  months, 
it  was  at  length  found  necessary  to  obtain  from  the  Court 
a  Decree  of  Separation,  which  was  pronounced  on  5th 
March  1714.  With  all  his  unreasoning  jealousy,  which 
made  life  with  him  impossible  and  dangerous,  Mr.  Murray 
seems  to  have  been  really  attached  to  his  wife,  for  it  is 
told  that  at  the  time  when  she  was  having  her  portrait 
painted  in  London,  a  gentleman,  who  afterwards  was  dis- 
covered to  be  her  husband,  came  frequently  to  the  artist's 
studio,  where  he  4  would  stand  for  an  hour  with  his  arms 
folded  gazing  at  her  likeness.' 

Mrs.  Murray,  afterwards  Lady  Murray,  was  for  many 
years  a  great  friend  of  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu,  until 
the  latter  4  thought  fit  to  exercise  her  wicked  wit  in  an 
infamous  ballad  ;  which  of  course  she  loudly  disclaimed 
all  knowledge  of,  but  of  which  her  own  letters  to  her  sister 
Lady  Mar  plainly  enough  betray  her  to  have  been  the 
writer.'1 

Lady  Murray  was  famous  both  in  London  and  Edin- 
burgh for  her  singing.  Gay  refers  to  her  in  his  lines  to 
Pope  as  4  the  sweet-tongued  Murray,'  and  afterwards  in 
her  flat  in  the  Parliament  Square  of  Edinburgh  4  she  was 
still  accustomed  to  sing  the  native  airs  and  ballads  of  her 
own  country  with  a  delicacy  and  pathos  quite  peculiar 
to  herself,'  2  and  to  draw  tears  from  the  eyes  of  her 
audience. 

1  Appendix  V.f  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 

2  Appendix  to  Lady  Murray's  Mctnoirs. 


LADY  MURRAY, 
AGED  33. 

(From  a  Portrait  at  Melkrstain  by  Maria  Verelst.) 


INTRODUCTION 


xxix 


Lady  Murray's  younger  sister  Rachel  was  married  at 
Edinburgh,  on  3rd  September  1717,  to  Charles,  Lord 
Binning,  the  eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Haddington.  This 
marriage  was  as  happy  as  Lady  Murray's  was  the  reverse. 
Lord  Binning  1  seems  in  very  truth  to  have  become  one  of 
the  family,  and  his  early  death  from  consumption,  at 
Naples,  on  27th  December  1732,  was  deeply  felt  both  by 
Lady  Grisell  and  her  husband.  4  His  heart,  etc.,  was 
buried  in  St.  Corrolas  Church  Yeard  and  his  corps  sent 
home  to  Tiningham.'  2  It  was  to  his  father-in-law  that 
Lord  Binning  on  his  deathbed  confided  the  education  of 
his  children.    Lord  Binning  was  survived  by  : — 

Grisell  Hamilton,  born  6th  April  1719. 

Thomas  Hamilton,  born  23rd  October  1720,  who  suc- 
ceeded his  grandfather  Lord  Haddington. 

George  Hamilton,  born  24th  June  1723,  who  assumed 
the  surname  of  Baillie  and  succeeded  to  the  Baillie  estates. 
His  descendants  eventually  succeeded  to  the  Earldom  of 
Haddington. 

Charles  James  Hamilton,  born  8th  October  1727. 

Rachel  Hamilton,  born  3rd  January  1729. 

He  was  predeceased  by  Helen,  born  8th  October  1724  ,* 
Charles,  born  6th  October  1725  ;  and  John,  born  22nd 
October  1726.3 

On  Mr.  Baillie' s  death  his  estate  passed  by  destination 
to  his  widow  in  liferent,  then  to  his  elder  daughter  and 
her  issue,  whom  failing,  to  his  younger  daughter  and  her 
second  son.  Thus,  as  Lady  Murray  had  no  children, 
Lady  Binning's  second  son,  George,  succeeded  to  the 


1  Lord  Binning,  like  his  father,  was  a  versifier  of  considerable  skill.  One  of 
his  songs,  '  Ungrateful  Nanny,'  was  published  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine. 

2  Note  by  Lady  Grisell. 

3  The  above  names  and  dates  are  taken  from  a  Memorandum  in  Lady 
Grisell's  handwriting,  but  judging  from  the  Accounts  there  must  have  been 
another  child  of  the  marriage  born  in  1718,  for  in  that  year  Lady  Grisell 
spends  a  considerable  sum  of  money  for  {  my  Rachels  cloaths  to  her  child.' 


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properties  of  Jerviswood,  Mellerstain,  etc.,  assuming  the 
name  of  Baillie.  Through  the  failure  of  the  male  line 
of  Thomas,  Lady  Binning' s  eldest  son,  the  succession  to 
the  Earldom  of  Haddington  opened  to  the  descendants 
of  her  second  son  George.  The  Haddington  and  Baillie 
estates  are  thus  now  merged  in  the  same  proprietor,  and 
Mellerstain  is  still  the  residence  of  George  Baillie' s  descend- 
ants. Nothing  now  remains  of  the  '  Old  melancholick 
hous  that  had  had  great  buildings  about  it,'  1  purchased 
by  the  first  George  Baillie  of  Jerviswood  in  1643,  and  of 
the  Mellerstain  known  to  Lady  Grisell  only  the  wings  are 
left.  Although  the  old  tower  which  she  used  to  have 
repaired  so  regularly  has  been  replaced  by  the  present 
Adam's  buildings,  her  own  voluminous  Memoranda  and 
Account  Books  have  been  carefully  preserved,  and  it  is 
to  her  descendant,  Lord  Binning,  the  present  occupant 
of  Mellerstain,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Scottish  History 
Society  are  due  for  his  kindness  in  placing  at  its  disposal 
these  most  interesting  and  valuable  records  of  a  bygone 
age  and  of  an  exceptional  personality. 

So  many  sketches  of  Lady  Grisell's  life  have  been  pub- 
lished, dealing  with  her  romantic  history,  her  poetic  talents, 
and  her  charming  personality  that  nothing  further  need 
be  said  here  upon  these  points.  Her  extraordinary  business 
capacity  has  also  been  the  subject  of  much  comment,  but 
as  it  is  the  side  of  her  character  which  is  most  prominently 
brought  into  notice  in  this  volume,  a  few  words  in  regard 
to  it  may  be  pardoned. 

From  the  time  Lady  Grisell,  as  a  mere  child,  had  proved 
her  capacity  through  her  skill  in  gaining  communication 


1  'Nov.  io,  1659.  .  .  .  We  cam  be  Eccles  and  Stichell,  and  at  tenth  cam  to 
Mellcrstane,  wher  we  met  with  Jerviswood,  who  took  us  in  and  we  took  a 
drink  with  him.  It  is  ane  old  melancholick  hous  that  had  had  great  buildings 
about  it.    lie  cam  with  us  to  Lauder  at  night.' — Diary  of  Andrew  Hay  of 

Craigncthan. 


INTRODUCTION 


xxxi 


with  Mr.  Robert  Baillie,  she  became  the  mainstay  of  her 
father's  house.  She  went  with  her  mother  to  London 
after  her  father's  estates  were  forfeited  in  order  to  solicit 
an  allowance  for  the  support  of  the  family  ;  she  came 
back  from  Holland  by  herself  and  brought  over  her  younger 
sister  Julian  to  Utrecht — and  a  wretched  journey  it  was  ; 
at  Utrecht  she  sat  up  two  nights  a  week  4  to  do  the  business 
that  was  necessary  for  the  household  '  ;  after  her  marriage 
she  returned  to  her  father's  house,  on  one  occasion  for 
many  weeks,  and  worked  day  and  night  at  putting  his 
accounts  in  order ;  when  her  brother  was  abroad  she 
managed  his  affairs,  and  seems  also  to  have  helped  many 
of  her  friends  as  well.  It  is,  therefore,  little  to  be  wondered 
at  that  her  husband  trusted  her  with  the  entire  administra- 
tion of  his  finances  '  without  scarce  asking  a  question 
about  them,  except  sometimes  to  say  to  her,  4 'Is  my  debt 
paid  yet  ?  "  though  often  did  she  apply  to  him  for  direc- 
tion and  advice.'  '  In  her  family  her  attention  and 
economy  reached  to  the  smallest  things ;  and  though  this 
was  her  practice  from  her  youth  there  never  appeared  in 
her  the  least  air  of  narrowness ;  and  so  far  was  she  from 
avarice,  the  common  vice  of  the  age,  that  often  has  my 
father  said  to  her  "  I  never  saw  the  like  of  you,  goodwife, 
the  older  you  grow,  you  grow  the  more  extravagant ; 
but  do  as  you  please  provided  I  be  in  no  debt.'  So  writes 
Lady  Murray,  and  an  examination  of  the  Accounts  fully 
bears  out  her  statement,  showing  as  it  does  the  most 
careful  supervision,  and  also  at  times  what  must  have 
struck  her  husband  as  dangerous  extravagance.  For 
instance,  when  the  family  went  to  London  and  the  expen- 
diture suddenly  rises  from  £733,  16s.  lid.  in  1714  to 
£1872, 18s.  lOd.  in  1715,  the  4  clothes  '  bills  alone  increasing 
from  an  average  of  about  £60  to  £346,  13s.  4d.,  one  can 
quite  undertsand  Mr.  Baillie  being  somewhat  horrified. 
As  an  example  of  the  careful  way  Lady  Grisell  went 


xxxii  HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


into  all  matters  of  expenditure,  note  the  following  little 
statement.  The  unusual  circumstance — namely,  that 
Lady  Grisell  makes  a  mistake  in  it  and  thus  arrives  at  a 
wrong  result — rather  adds  to  its  interest.  It  is  merely  a 
jotting  on  a  scrap  of  paper  in  Lady  Grisell' s  handwriting, 
and  was  drawn  up  while  abroad  in  1732  to  enable  her  to 
judge  whether  it  was  cheaper  to  take  a  house  or  to  go 
into  lodgings. 


D. 

C. 

G.1 

By  wood  in  chamber  . 

(£10 

16 

0) 

54 

0 

0 

Flamboys  ..... 

/-t 
(1 

2 

°) 

5 

5 

0 

Chocalet  ..... 

(6 

2 

30 

7 

0 

Canary  ..... 

to 
(8 

lo 

0) 

44 

0 

0 

Cyder  and  Ale 

IK 

v> 

rv 
0 

9) 

2 

0 

\\  ax  Candle  .... 

(2 

5 

7) 

11 

4 

0 

Tee  

(1 

4 

0) 

6 

0 

0 

Sugar  ..... 

(4 

3 

8) 

20 

9 

0 

Drinkmoney  .... 

(1 

0 

10) 

5 

2 

2 

Sundry  smalls  .... 

(0 

12 

0) 

3 

0 

0 

Come  

(0 

4 

11) 

1 

3 

3 

House  Book  in   13  weeks  after 

taking  what  is  above  out  of  it  . 

(76 

12 

2) 

383 

0 

5 

2  593 

3 

0 

383 

0 

5 

House  Rent        .        .  (24    0  0) 

120 

0 

0 

Saverio 

Maid          .        .        .    (0  18  0) 

4 

5 

0 

Cook          .        .        .(4    4  0) 

21 

0 

0 

Cook's  Boy         .        .    (0  18  0) 

4 

5 

0 

30 

0 

0 

533 

0 

5 

this  is  41  Ducat  a  week  for  13  weeks  and  is  in  Sterling 
money  £8  4  sh.  pr  week  which  is  in  13  weeks  st.  108.  12. 

In  Madam  Petits  we  was  12  guinys  pr  week,  which  in 
13  weeks  is      ...  £163  14  0 


1  Ducats,  carlins,  and  grains.    See  Appendix  IV,  p.  424. 

9  Lady  Grisell  turns  the  page  here  and  carries  forward  383.0.5  instead  of 

593-3-0, 


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xxxiii 


£173  14  0 


1  also  reckon  for  goats  milk 

Ice  and  sundry  other  things       10    0    0  this  £10  either 

taken  of  mine  or 
aded  to  Madam 
Petits  makes  it  the 
same  thing. 

with  a  much  better  dyit 

2  more  at  table  and  very  often  strangers  and  many  more 
candles.1 

Madam  Petits  .  .  .  £173  14  0 
Naples        .        .        .  105  12  0 


£65    2  0 

It  is  in  13  weeks  more  by  the  above  sum  of  £65,  2sh.  at 
Madam  Petits  than  our  own  housekeeping  which  is  just  £5  a 
week  more. 

Somehow  these  odd  jottings  on  margins  and  scraps  of 
paper  intensify  the  human  interest  of  the  Accounts. 
Here  are  two  or  three  more  of  a  like  nature. 

*  Salvato  Guarino  near  the  Vice  Roys  Palice  sells  all  Grossery 
wair.' 

4  remember  to  take  out  the  velvet  for  Mr.  Baillie's  Night  gown.' 

6  Francisco  entered  to  Ld.  Bn.  the  15  of  November  at  5  Ducats 
a  moneth  without  meat  and  gets  livera.' 

'  The  price  of  washing  at  Naples  1st  January  1733. 
a  shirt  and  cravat  .        .        .        .5   grains — 2jd. 


shifts  .... 

.  4 

2 

Table  cloths  fine 

.  4 

2 

Ditt  cours 

.  3 

n 

Shiets  fine 

.  4 

2 

Shits  cours 

.  3 

Aprons  and  wast  coats 

.  1 

i 

table  napkins  fine 

.  1 

i 

Ditt  cours 

•  i 
.  § 

i 

all  small  pieces 

r 

We  see  from  the  Accounts  that  Lady  Grisell  shortly 
after  her  marriage  took  a  course  of  cooking  lessons  from 


1  This  evidently  refers  to  her  own  housekeeping. 

C 


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Mrs.  Addison,  for  which  she  paid  £l,  6s.  stg.,  and  also  a 
course  of  dancing  lessons  for  which  £8  stg.  was  to  be  paid 
to  c  perflte  her.'  Although  no  mention  is  made  of  her 
having  taken  lessons  in  book-keeping,  one  cannot  help 
feeling  that  she  must  also  have  had  careful  instruction 
in  this  branch  of  education.  Lessons  in  this  could  appar- 
ently be  had  easily,  for  in  1701  £2  stg.  is  paid  for  James 
Baillie — Lady  Grisell's  brother-in-law — 4  lairning  book- 
keeping in  pairt,'  and  in  1714  either  she  or  one  of  her 
daughters  received  lessons  from  Mr.  M'Gie  at  a  cost  of 
£3,  2s.  stg.  If  she  did  not  receive  lessons,  she  must  have 
been  a  born  book-keeper,  for  her  accounts  are  remarkably 
able  productions. 

Her  principal  account-book  was  what  she  termed  her 
'  Day  Book,'  but  what  would  nowadays  be  termed  a  '  Cash 
Ledger,'  for  in  it  she  did  not  enter  her  expenditure  as  it 
occurred  from  day  to  day,  but  her  expenditure  as  special- 
ised under  separate  headings.  These  headings  vary  from 
time  to  time,  some  of  the  less  important  being  occasion- 
ally merged  in  others.  The  following  may  be  taken  as 
those  of  a  fixed  nature  : — 

I.  Household  Expenditure.  This  included  all  expenses 
in  connection  with  food,  drink,  lighting,  firing,  washing 
and  feeding  of  animals  destined  for  table  use. 

II.  Sundries,  which  included  Education. 

III.  Servants'  wages. 

IV.  Men-servants'  Clothing. 

V.  Clothing  for  herself,  husband,  and  children. 

VI.  Furniture  and  Furnishings. 

The  minor  headings  which  occur  in  some  years  but 
which  are  merged  under  Sundries  in  other  years  are  : — 

I.  Expenses  of  Horses. 

II.  Doctors  and  Surgeons. 

III.  Business  Charges. 

IV.  Estate  Expenditure. 


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XXXV 


V.  Cess. 

VI.  Pocket-money. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  Lady  Grisell's  4  Day  Book  ' 
nominally  embraces  the  whole  of  the  family  expenditure. 
Full  details,  however,  are  not  given  under  the  headings 
'  Household  Expenditure '  and  4  Pocket  Money.'  The 
reason  for  this  omission  in  the  first  case  is  that  for  small 
ordinary  house  expenditure  Lady  Grisell  kept  separate 
books,  the  monthly  totals  of  which  she  alone  posted  to 
her  6  Day  Book ' ;  in  the  second,  the  reason  was  probably 
that  her  husband,  to  whom  the  4  Pocket  Money  '  was  paid, 
kept  no  account  thereof. 

Lady  Grisell  left  three  4  Day  Books  '  folio  size,  the  first 
running  from  1692  to  1718  inclusive,  and  containing  442 
pages  ;  the  second  from  1719  to  1742  inclusive,  and  con- 
taining 354  pages,  and  the  third  from  1742  to  the  date  of 
her  death  (6th  December  1746),  continued  by  her  daughter, 
Lady  Murray.  She  also  left  books  containing  the  accounts 
of  expenses  in  connection  with  their  journeys  to  Bath 
and  to  the  Continent ;  Books  containing  Inventories  of 
Bottles,  etc.  ;  a  Book  of  Receipts  ;  a  Book  of  Bills  of 
Fare  ;  Books  relating  to  estate  management  during  the 
years  1742,  1743  and  1744,  and  many  other  Account  and 
Memoranda  Books.  All  are  written  in  her  own  clear 
handwriting,  the  character  of  which  was  so  well  known 
that  in  1706,  when  the  leaders  of  the  'Squadrone  Volante' 
were  corresponding  in  cypher,  Secretary  Johnston  writes 
to  Baillie,  4  Write  by  an  unknown  hand  ;  your  wife's  is  as 
well  known  as  your  own.' 

It  will  be  easily  understood  that  with  such  a  wealth  of 
material  in  these  papers,  the  difficulty  of  selection  has  been 
great.  After  careful  consideration,  the  Editor  has  resolved 
to  deal  mainly  with  Lady  Grisell's  first  4  Da}^  Book,' 
adding  one  or  two  selections  from  the  other  books.  The 
reasons  that  have  led  to  this  choice  are,  first,  that  Day 


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Book  No.  1  deals  with  that  intensely  interesting  period  of 
Scottish  history  immediately  preceding  and  succeeding 
the  Union  of  the  Parliaments  ;  second,  that  it  gives  the 
expenses  of  living  in  Edinburgh,  in  the  country,  and  in 
London  ;  and  third,  that  it  gives  the  accounts  for  old 
Mrs.  Baillie's  funeral  and  for  the  marriages  of  Lady 
Grisell's  two  daughters.  Even  this  selected  volume  can 
only  be  dealt  with  by  means  of  extracts,  and  much 
interesting  matter  has  thus  to  be  left  out.  An  attempt 
has  been  made  to  remedy  this  by  the  formation  of  appen- 
dices drawn  from  the  whole  volume  and  by  the  notes 
which  follow  ;  but  such  a  method  is  at  best  unsatisfactory, 
taking  as  it  were  the  flavour  from  the  meat,  and  the 
Editor  is  only  too  conscious  of  its  inadequacy. 

Then  as  to  the  extracts  themselves  and  their  arrange- 
ment, it  has  been  thought  best  not  to  select  individual 
entries,  which  would  have  still  further  destroyed  the 
character  of  the  Accounts,  nor  yet  to  select  individual 
years,  which  would  have  led  in  some  cases  to  needless 
repetition,  but  to  take  as  the  unit  of  selection  individual 
branches,  choosing  the  most  interesting  of  each  respect- 
ively, and  arranging  these  not  chronologically  as  a  whole, 
but,  in  order  to  facilitate  reference,  chronologically  in 
their  respective  groups.  Thus  all  entries  dealing  with 
any  one  subject,  such  as,  say,  '  Expenses  of  Horses,'  will 
be  found  together. 

As  already  stated,  the  Accounts  begin  about  a  year 
after  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Baillie  and  Lady  Grisell,  that  is, 
in  the  autumn  of  1092,  and  are  peculiarly  rich  in  all  sorts 
of  information  which  can  be  most  suitably  referred  to 
under  separate  headings. 


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xxxvii 


I.  Rents  of  Houses  and  of  Lodgings  and  Expenses 
of  Travelling 

We  learn  from  the  Accounts  that  the  young  couple 
took  up  their  quarters  in  a  house  in  Warriston  Close,1 
perhaps  the  same  house  which  had  belonged  to  Baillie's 
grandfather,  Lord  Warriston,  and  to  which  his  father 
had  turned  on  his  way  to  execution  with  the  remark  to 
his  sister-in-law,  6  Many  a  sweet  day  and  night  with  God 
had  your  now  glorified  father  in  that  lodging  or  chamber.'  2 
The  rent  paid  for  it  was  £200  Scots,  or  £16,  13s.  4d.  stg., 
and  the  whole  expenditure  of  their  establishment,  including 
upkeep  of  property,  expenses  of  horses,  journeys  to  London, 
etc.,  for  the  next  three  years  averaged  £430  per  annum, 
which  does  not  seem  overmuch,  according  to  our  modern 
ideas,  for  a  6  Baron,'  as  the  county  Members  of  Parliament 
were  called.  It  must,  however,  be  borne  in  mind  that 
at  this  time  the  salary  of  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Session 
was  only  £300  (raised  in  1707  to  £500),  while  a  Peer  with 
an  income  of  £500  a  year  could  not  plead  poverty  as  an 
excuse  for  changing  his  politics.3 

In  1697  old  Mrs.  Baillie  died,  leaving  to  her  daughters, 
Helen  Baillie  or  Hay  and  Elizabeth  Baillie  or  Weems,  her 
property,  which  consisted  of  household  furniture  and 
£50  stg.  invested  in  the  Darien  Scheme.4  Her  death  set 
free  her  jointure  of  £102,  13s.  8d.,  and  George  Baillie  and 
his  family  accordingly  moved  into  a  more  expensive  house 
belonging  to  Bailie  Hamilton,  at  a  rent  of  £38,  6s.  Their 
flitting  cost  them  18s.  4d.  Here  they  remained  but  a  short 
time,  moving  in  1700  to  a  house  belonging  to  Sir  James 
Foulis  of  Colinton  (generally  known  as  Lord  Colinton), 

1  Warriston  Close  is  still  extant,  running  north  from  the  High  Street  at  a 
point  nearly  opposite  to  St.  Giles. 

2  Wodrow's  Analecta.  3  Lockhart  Papers. 
4  Edinburgh  Testaments,  17th  September  1707. 


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which  was  probably  situated  in  Foulis  Close,  and  for  which 
the  rent  was  £33,  6s.  8d.  This  house  they  occupied  until 
1707,  when  they  gave  up  living  in  Edinburgh  and  retired 
to  Mellerstain.  Mr.  Baillie,  however,  came  regularly  to 
Edinburgh  for  the  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
lodging  either  at  Mrs.  Room's  1  (an  excellent  name  for  a 
lodging-house  keeper)  or  Mrs.  Marshall's,  paying  as  a 
rule  5s.  stg.  per  night : — 4  A  chamber  in  Mrs.  Marshalls  2s., 
candle,  2s.,  maid  Is.,  5s.' 

What  added  very  considerably  to  Mr.  Baillie' s  expen- 
diture was  the  necessity  of  frequent  journeys  to  London  on 
political  business.    We  find  such  entries  as  : — 

1694.  Augt.  1.    Taken  with  me  to  England  £948,  16s. 
(£79,  Is.  4d.  stg.). 

English  road  when  I  last  came  from  London  with  the  Secre- 
tary £80,  10s.  (£6,  14s.  2d.  stg.).2 

1707.  April  1.    to  London  journey  in  his  pocket  50  Guinys. 

For  to  answer  bills  to  London  £103  stg.  more. 

To  Mr.  Watson  for  a  bill  sent  to  London  to  Jeris  £2100,  4s. 
(£175,  0s.  4d.  stg.). 

There  can  be  little  doubt  that  when  Baillie  travelled 
by  himself  he  rode,  as  there  are  constant  references  to 
the  purchase,  conveyance,  and  repair  of  6  Clog  bags.'  On 
one  occasion,  at  least  (1714),  he  returned  by  sea  to  New- 
castle, which  cost  him  £3,  7s.,  whence  he  proceeded  to 
Mellerstain  by  horse,  the  hire  of  these  (three)  costing  him 
£2,  5s. 

Then  in  addition  to  these  business  journeys  there  were 
constant  journeys  for  health.  In  1696  an  expedition  was 
made  to  Bath  at  a  cost  of  £84,  0  s.  9d.  stg.3    The  October 

1  George  Hume  of  Kimmerghame,  an  uncle  of  the  Earl  of  Marchmont, 
when  he  came  to  Edinburgh  in  January  1695  lodged  '  in  Mrs.  Romes,  up 
Blair's  Stair,  the  fourth  story  upon  the  street.' — George  Hume's  Diary^  quoted 
in  Miss  Warrender's  Marchmont  and  the  Humes  of  Polwarth. 

-  Mr.  Secretary  Johnston,  Baillie's  uncle. 

:I  This  may  have  been  a  political  journey,  as  the  Court  was  often  at  Bath. 


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xxxix 


of  the  following  year  they  were  at  Prestonpans  1  at  a  cost 
of  £18  stg.,  where  they  spent  a  considerable  sum  on  6  Scots 
tartan  muslin.'  In  1701  they  went  to  Scarborough  from 
9th  July  to  12th  September,  during  which  time  meat  and 
lodgings  cost  them  £33,  6s.  8d.  stg.  From  thence  they 
brought  back  '  Two  barrils  of  souns  and  gullits,'2  which 
cost  lis.  (stg.)  and  8s.  4d.  (stg.)  for  carriage.  It  is  curious 
to  find  Prestonpans  a  more  expensive  place  of  residence 
than  Scarborough. 

After  the  Union  Baillie  must  have  been  more  and  more 
in  London,  for  his  daughter  writes  that  '  he  strictly  ob- 
served his  attendance  in  Parliament  and  blamed  those 
who  made  a  bustle  to  get  in  and  then  absented  themselves 
upon  any  pretence.'  Unfortunately  we  have  no  note  of 
his  expenses  nor  of  the  presents  he  always  brought  back 
to  his  children,  unless  the  following  are  some  of  them  : — 


© 


'For  a  goun  to  Rach       .        .        .        .  £9  12  0 

For  a  black  gown  to  Grisic             .        .  7    0  0 

For  three  night  gouns  to  me  and  the  bairens  6  10 

For  making  the  gouns  by  Madmosel  Odinat  2  10  0 


On  the  accession  of  George  i.,  when  Baillie  became  a 
Lord  of  the  Admiralty,  he  moved  all  his  family  to  London. 
Two  servants,  Tarn  Youll  and  Katie  Hearts,  were  sent  by 
sea,  '  fraught  to  London  victuals  furnished  by  the  skipper 
£l,  10s.,'  and  the  heavy  baggage,  including  four  and  a  half 
barrels  of  herrings,  was  also  sent  by  sea  in  three  different 
ships  at  a  cost  of  £3,  8s.    The  family  went  by  stage-coach,a 


1  A  small  town  on  the  Firth  of  Forth,  eight  or  nine  miles  east  of  Edin- 
burgh. 

2  When  the  Baillies  dined  with  Lady  Essex  in  London,  on  21st  December 
1722,  the  second  course  consisted  of  'a  sadle  mutton,  a  dish  cod  souns  with 
hard  eg  and  half  yolks  of  egs  and  some  poatched  egs  on  it.' 

3  This  must  be  a  very  early  reference  to  stage-coaches  in  Scotland.  There 
was  no  coach  between  Edinburgh  and  Glasgow  until  1749. 


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five  seats  costing  £22,  10s.  and  2s.  6d.  for  booking  money. 
A  sum  of  £2,  7s.  was  paid  for  excess  luggage,  each  person 
being  allowed  20  lbs.  free.  The  coach  was  apparently 
joined  at  Dunglass,1  the  Baillies  taking  with  them  '  little 
Robie  Pringle,'2  and  the  expenses  of  the  six  during  the 
thirteen  days  which  it  took  them  to  reach  London  were 
only  £10.  They  arrived  in  London  on  18th  December 
1714,  and  at  first  hired  a  furnished  house  at  a  rent  of 
£14  per  month.  This  they  left  at  the  end  of  June  1715, 
paying  in  addition  to  their  rent '  To  Mr.  Brown  for  spoiling 
his  furniture  10s.  2d.,'  and  took  an  unfurnished  house, 
apparently  at  Chelsea,  at  a  rent  of  £45  per  annum.  They 
must  have  taken  the  house  as  it  stood,  for  the  repairing 
of  the  roof,  glazing  of  windows,  painting  and  sundry 
4  reparations  '  were  all  paid  for  by  them. 

In  August  1716  they  paid  one  of  their  many  visits  to 
Bath.  They  travelled  by  coach  via  Oxford,  the  journey 
there  and  back  to  London  costing  £20,  the  servants  and 
luggage  going  separately.  Their  lodgings  there,  four 
rooms  and  garrets,  were  at  the  rate  of  £2,  5s.  9d.  per  week. 
In  addition  to  the  entries  relating  to  taking  the  waters, 
amusements,  etc.,  there  occurs  the  following : — '  For 
cleaning  all  our  teeth  at  Bath  £l,  14s.' 

As  already  stated,  Rachel  Baillie  was  married  in  1717 
to  Lord  Binning.  As  the  marriage  was  to  take  place  in 
Edinburgh,  the  family,  five  in  number,  left  London  on 
5th  August  in  a  coach  with  six  horses,  which  was  to  carry 
them  to  Scotland  in  nine  days  3  for  £32, 15s.  The  expenses 
on  the  road  on  this  occasion  amounted  to  £14,  13s.  9d. 

1  A  property  on  the  east  coast  of  Berwickshire  belonging  to  Sir  John  Hall. 
See  p.  27. 

8  Probably  the  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Pringle,  Under-Secretary  of  State,  who 
was  the  third  son  of  Sir  Robert  Pringle  of  Stitchell. 

•'  This  must  have  been  very  fast  travelling  for  those  days.  In  1725  the  hire 
of  'a  close  bodyed  carringe  and  six  horses'  cost  ^30,  and  the  journey  took 
fourteen  days.  In  1 7 1 7  the  commissioners  on  the  forfeited  estates  were  each 
allowed  ,£50  for  their  expenses  on  the  road  to  Scotland. 


LADY  BINNING, 

AGED  29. 

{From  a  Portrait  at  Mellerstain  by  Maria  Verelst.) 


.1 


INTRODUCTION 


xli 


In  1729  the  household  were  again  resident  at  Mellerstain, 
and  consequently  the  visit  to  Bath  in  that  year  was  a  much 
greater  undertaking.  The  expedition  consisted  of  a  coach 
and  six  horses  and  eight  riding  horses,  the  journey  from 
Berwick  to  Bath  taking  sixteen  days.  There  were  six  of 
the  family  in  the  coach  and  two  maids  ;  and  the  cost  of 
their  provisions  on  the  road  amounted  to  £23,  18s.  6d. 
The  board  and  lodging  of  seven  men  for  the  same  period 
came  to  £5,  12s.,  or  at  the  rate  of  Is.  per  diem  per  head, 
while  the  cost  of  feeding  the  horses  during  the  same  period 
amounted  to  £30,  Is.  9jd.  The  horses  got  five  days'  rest 
at  Bath,  after  which  nine  of  them  were  sent  back  to 
Scotland  under  charge  of  '  Tarn,'  who  got  £14,  14s.  for  his 
expenses  on  the  journey. 

But  by  far  the  most  important  of  their  journeys  was 
undertaken  in  1731,  when  Lord  Binning  was  ordered 
abroad  for  his  health.  Jerviswood,  who  was  getting  on 
in  life,  was  by  no  means  anxious  to  undertake  the  fatigues 
of  a  long  foreign  sojourn,  but  he  yielded  to  the  solicitations 
of  his  son-in-law,  and  on  the  9th  of  June  1731  he  and 
Lady  Grisell,  their  daughters  Grisie  and  Rachel,  their 
son-in-law  Lord  Binning,  and  their  granddaughter  '  little 
Gris '  landed  at  Rotterdam.  They  were  accompanied 
by  at  least  four  servants,  two  women  and  two  men,  but  it 
is  a  little  difficult  to  gather  the  total  number  of  the  party, 
as  friends  seem  to  join  and  leave  them.  The  accounts 
show  clearly  the  course  of  their  journey.  They  travelled 
by  schuit  or  public  canal  boat,  by  diligence,  by  private 
carriage,  and  by  chair.  As  was  but  natural,  they  made 
first  for  Utrecht,  where  Lady  Grisell  had  lived  in  exile 
with  her  father,  and  where,  in  spite  of  poverty  and 
anxiety,  they  had  been  a  merry  household.  4  She  had 
the  greatest  pleasure  in  shewing  us  every  corner  of  the 
town,  whicn  seemed  fresh  in  her  memory ;  particu- 
larly the  house  she  had  lived  in,  which  she  had  a  great 


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desire  to  see  ;  but  when  she  came  there  they  would  not 
let  her  in,  by  no  arguments  either  of  words  or  money,  for 
no  reason  but  for  fear  of  dirtying  it.  She  offered  to  put 
off  her  shoes,  but  nothing  could  prevail,  and  she  came 
away  much  mortified  at  her  disappointment.'  1 

The  first  long  stay  was  made  at  Spa,  where  they  took 
lodgings  at  the  '  Loup,'  engaging  their  own  cook.  They 
must  have  found  this  house  comfortable,  for  the  party 
makes  a  still  longer  stay  in  it  on  their  return  journey. 
Here  they  took  the  waters,  and  here  also  they  gave  a  ball 
and  supper  to  '  70  persons.'  The  expense  of  this  latter 
amounted  to  £13,  4s.  5d.,  including  £l,  lis.  6d.  for  the 
4  fidels  '  and  12s.  for  the  '  Buckie  '  (bouquet).  Then  they 
moved  on  through  Liege,  Namur,  Arlon  (where  we  find 
the  suggestive  note  4  imposed  on '),  and  other  places  on 
the  road  south.  Each  little  town  provided  its  custom- 
house worries  and  '  searchers  '  to  be  squared,  sometimes 
not  altogether  satisfactorily,  as  witness  Champagne, 
where  4  we  was  searched  overly,'  and  Chalons,  where  4  we 
was  stopd  3  days  by  the  impertinence  of  the  Bourro.' 
They  reached  Lyons  on  11th  October,  and  contracted  to 
be  conveyed  to  Turin  partly  by  chaises  and  partly  by 
chairs  4  over  the  Alps  cald  Munt  Sines.'  (It  will  be  noted 
that  the  sums  entered  for  conveying  the  party  from  place 
to  place  generally  include  meals,  sometimes  two  and  some- 
times three  a  day.)  Then  they  passed  through  Milan, 
Parma,  Reggio,  Modena,  Bologna  (where  it  is  refreshing 
to  see  the  first  entry  of  lis.  9d.  for  '  sasageses  '),  Loretto, 
and  so  to  Rome,  where  they  arrived  on  4  the  23  Novr.  at 
one  o'clock  of  the  day  1731.'  On  this  occasion  but  a  short 
stay  was  made  in  the  Eternal  City,  the  party  pushing  on 
to  Naples,  which  was  their  objective,  and  which  they 
reached  on  5th  December. 


Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 


LORD  BINNING. 
(From  a  Portrait  at  Melkr stain.) 


INTRODUCTION 


xliii 


At  Naples  they  took  a  house  at  £8  per  month,  for  which 
they  had  to  supply  china,  glass,  cutlery,  napery,  etc. 
They  also  hired  a  coach  and  horses  at  £8  per  month,  and 
engaged  a  cook  and  cook-boy,  a  maid,  and  M.  Saverio  and 
a  '  Vanditor.'  Here  Lady  Grisell  at  once  set  to  work  to 
learn  Italian,  her  master  being  paid  the  munificent  sum 
of  13s.  7d.  per  month  !  In  regard  to  this  her  daughter 
writes  :  4  At  Naples  she  shewed  what  would  have  been 
a  singular  quickness  of  capacity  and  apprehension  at  any 
age  much  more  at  hers.  She  knew  not  one  word  of 
Italian,  and  had  servants  of  the  country  that  as  little 
understood  one  word  she  said  ;  so  that  at  first  she  was 
forced  to  call  me  to  interpret  betwixt  them  ;  but  in  a 
very  little  while,  with  only  the  help  of  a  grammar  and 
dictionary,  she  did  the  whole  business  of  her  family  with 
her  Italian  servants,  went  to  shops,  bought  everything 
she  had  occasion  for,  and  did  it  so  well  that  our  acquaint- 
ances who  had  lived  many  years  there  begged  the  favour 
of  her  to  buy  for  them  when  she  provided  herself ;  think- 
ing and  often  saying  she  did  it  to  much  better  purpose 
than  they  could  themselves.' 

As  well  as  studying  Italian,  the  Baillies  at  this  time 
also  studied  music,  and  had  much  music  copied,  amongst 
which  the  music  of  Corelli  is  specially  mentioned. 

They  remained  in  Naples  until  the  beginning  of  May  1732, 
when  they  went  for  the  summer  to  Portiche,  again  taking 
a  house  and  having  to  provide  a  good  many  furnishings. 
On  the  14th  November  they  returned  to  Naples,  where 
apparently  they  were  joined  by  two  of  Lord  Binning's 
sons  and  a  second  daughter,  and  where  Lord  Binning 
died  on  27th  December.  The  Accounts  show  the  expense 
of  the  mourning,  including  a  velvet  nightgown  for  6  my  D./ 
which  sounds  strange  to  ears  accustomed  to  the  modern 
meaning  of  the  word  '  nightgown.'  After  this  sad  event 
chaises  and  saddlery  were  repaired,  boxes  purchased  and 


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got  ready,  accounts  settled,  and  a  start  made  on  the 
homeward  journey.  Before  leaving  Naples,  however, 
they  sent  home  by  ship  a  supply  of  hams,  parmesan  cheese, 
and  macaroni.  They  also  shipped  home  marble  slabs  to 
the  value  of  £646,  16s.  sterling.1 

They  reached  Rome  on  29th  March  1733,  and  remained 
there  until  22nd  April.  Thence  they  proceeded  to  Florence, 
where  Lady  Grisell  had  the  pictures  already  referred  to 
of  her  husband,  her  daughter  Grisie,  and  her  two  grand- 
daughters Gris  and  Helen  painted  by  Mr.  Martin  for 
£11,  lis.,  and  where  she  saw  the  ostrich  in  reference  to 
which  she  afterwards  notes  for  her  grandsons,  4  If  you 
have  any  brass  money  in  your  pocket  it  will  be  very  good 
for  the  ostrich.'  2  At  Bologna  they  took  a  box  in  the 
Opera  House,  which  they  provided  with  a  cushion  and 
cloth  ;  and  at  Venice  they  bought  books  and  treacle  !  and 
attended  amongst  other  things  a  '  Gundaliers  '  wedding, 
subscribing  a  shilling  to  the  fiddlers.  Thence  through 
Verona,  Trent,  Innsbruck,  Frankfort,  Cologne,  they  worked 
their  way  back  to  Spa,  where  they  again  made  a  long  stay, 
and  then  passing  through  Liege  and  Brussels  to  Paris 
they  finally  crossed  over  from  Calais  to  Dover,  carrying 
with  them  silver,  lace,  and  clothes  of  all  sorts. 

Looking  through  these  Accounts,  one  cannot  but  note 
the  constant  repairing  required  by  the  chaises,  or  8  cheases,' 
as  Lady  Grisell  frequently  writes  it,  the  furbishing  up  of 
pistols  and  purchasing  of  sword  belts,  etc.,  indicative  of 


1  Boxes  containing  all  sorts  of  things,  clothing,  books,  honey,  treacle,  pins, 
needles,  lamps,  etc.,  were  sent  home  in  various  ways:  '  by  the  Dut.  of  Newcastle 
to  be  left  at  Dr.  Mowbrays,'  'in  the  trunk  that  goes  to  Leghorn  to  be  sent  in 
a  man  of  war,' to  be  sent  by  John  Gordon  Banker  in  Rotterdam  '  in  a  Scots 
ship  to  Robert  Foulerton  at  the  Custome  House  in  Leath,'  etc.  Careful  lists 
were  kept  of  what  each  box  contained,  and  at  the  top  of  one  of  these  is  a  deleled 
note  in  Lady  GriselPs  hand,  '43  Marbel  Tables  in  the  coach  house,  2  tables  in 
the  galarie.' 

8  See  p.  396. 


GRISIE'  AND   '  RAC  H  I E  '  BAILLIE, 

AGED  6  AND  2  RESPECTIVELY. 
{From  a  Picture  at  Mellerstain  by  John  Scougall.) 


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the  bad  1  and  dangerous  state  of  the  roads.  It  will  also 
be  noticed  that  even  at  that  early  stage  in  the  history  of 
tea  the  British  matron  refused  to  do  without  it,  and 
seemed  to  have  had  little  or  no  difficulty  in  obtain- 
ing it. 

Amongst  the  purchases,  6  beavor  '  skin  stockings  strike 
one  as  peculiar  ;  and  the  number  of  pairs  of  spectacles 
purchased  is  also  remarkable.  It  looks  as  if  a  pair  must 
have  been  left  behind  by  mistake  at  every  stopping-place. 

Amongst  the  books  purchased  abroad  there  are  three 
cookery-books  added  to  Lady  Grisell's  household  library. 

II.  Education  and  Amusements 

As  is  but  natural,  entries  relating  to  4  Grisie '  and 
4  Rachie  '  bulk  largely  in  the  Accounts.  We  cannot  trace 
the  career  of  4  Grisie  '  from  her  birth,  as  that  event  took 
place  shortly  before  the  Accounts  begin,  but  we  can 
follow  the  life  of  Rachie  from  its  very  dawn,  when  £2,  18s. 
stg.  is  paid  to  Mrs  Scott  the  midwife,  9s.  8d.  to  Mr. 
Livingston  for  christening  her,  3s.  8d.  to  the  4  bathel  of 
the  Church,'  and  4s.  lOd.  in  charity,  up  to  the  date  of  her 
marriage  in  1717,  when  £4,  6s.  is  paid  4  To  my  Rachys  Pro- 
clamation etc.,'  and  £l,ls.6d.  4For  the  garland  that  is  brock 
over  the  Brid's  head,'  '  For  Bryds  favours  £3,'  and  4  To  the 
Brids  Garter  £l,  3s.'2  We  can  watch  the  two  sisters  grow- 


1  '  I  bought  a  chaise  at  Rome,  which  cost  me  twenty  five  pounds,  good  English 
pounds,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  being  laid  low  in  it  the  very  second  day  after  I  set 
out.  I  had  the  marvellous  good  luck  to  escape  with  life  and  limbs  ;  but  my 
delightful  chaise  broke  all  to  pieces,  and  I  was  forced  to  stay  a  whole  day  in 
a  hovel  while  it  was  tacked  together  in  such  a  way  as  would  serve  to  drag  me 
hither.'  So  writes  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu  from  Naples  on  25th  Novem- 
ber 1739. 

2  'At  the  marriages  of  persons  of  the  upper  class  favours  were  sewn  upon 
the  bride's  dress.  When  the  ceremony  was  concluded  all  the  members  of  the 
company  ran  towards  her,  each  endeavouring  to  seize  a  favour.    When  the 


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ing  up  by  watching  their  petticoats  growing  down.  4  1708. 
For  lining  Rachys  gown  and  letting  down  her  peticoats ' 
2s.  stg.  Then  there  are  all  the  payments  in  connection  with 
their  education,  and  with  Miss  May  Menzies  who  came  'at 
Lambis  1705  to  wate  on  my  children,'  and  who  remained 
as  a  friend  of  the  family  presumably  until  her  death. 

Miss  Menzies  was  the  daughter  of  William  Menzies  of 
Raw,  W.S.,  and  her  nominal  salary  was  £8  stg.  per  annum, 
but  4  I  have  always  paid  her  £100  Scots "  (£8,  6s.  8d.  stg.). 
She  was  a  devoted  friend  to  her  charges,  for  in  1709  Lady 
Grisell  enters,  4  To  her  over  and  above  her  fie  for  her  care 
of  the  bairens  when  they  had  the  fever  '  £27,  12s.  2d.  stg., 
and  there  are  also  many  entries  of  presents  given  to  her, 
such  as  dresses,  etc.  Talking  of  her  girlhood,  Lady  Murray 
writes  as  follows  :  4  We  were  always  with  her  [Lady 
Grisell]  at  home  and  abroad,  but  when  it  was  necessary 
we  should  learn  what  was  fit  for  us  ;  and  for  that  end 
she  got  Mrs.  May  Menzies,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Menzies 
of  Raws,  Writer  to  the  Signet,  to  be  our  governess,  who 
was  well  qualified  in  all  respects  for  it,  and  whose  faithful 
care  and  capacity  my  mother  depended  so  much  upon, 
that  she  was  easy  when  we  were  with  her.  She  was  always 
with  us  when  our  masters  came  and  had  no  other  thought 
or  business  but  the  care  and  instruction  of  us  ;  which  I 
must  here  acknowledge  with  gratitude,  having  been  an 
indulgent  though  exact  mistress  to  us  when  young  ;  and 
to  this  time,  it  being  now  forty-five  years  that  she  has 
lived  with  us,  a  faithful,  disinterested  friend,  with  good 


confusion  had  ceased  the  bridegroom's  man  proceeded  to  pull  off  the  bride's 
garter,  which  she  modestly  dropped.  This  was  cut  into  small  portions,  which 
were  presented  to  eacli  member  of  the  company.' — Roger's  Scotland,  Social  and 
Domestic.  We  also  learn  from  the  same  source  that  it  was  the  custom  when 
a  bride  of  a  more  humble  station  entered  her  new  home  to  break  a  cake  of 
shortbread  over  her  head,  the  fragments  of  which  were  gathered  up  by  the 
young  people  and  dreamed  on.  Perhaps  the  bride's  garland  here  mentioned 
was  a  prettier  form  of  the  same  custom. 


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sense,  good  temper,  entirely  in  our  interest,  and  that  with 
so  much  honesty  that  she  always  spoke  her  mind  sincerely 
without  the  least  sycophantry.' 

The  following  letter  of  instructions  by  Lady  Grisell  to 
Miss  Menzies  gives  us  some  idea  of  her  duties  : — 

Edinburgh,  August  16,  1705. 
Directions  for  Grisie  given  May  Menzies 
To  rise  by  seven  a  clock  and  goe  about  her  duty  of  reading, 
etc.  etc.,  and  be  drest  to  come  to  Breckfast  at  nine,  to  play  on 
the  spinnet  till  eleven,  from  eleven  till  twelve  to  write  and 
read  French.  At  two  a  clock  sow  her  seam  till  four,  at  four 
learn  arithmetic,  after  that  dance  and  play  on  the  spinet  again 
till  six  and  play  herself  till  supper  and  to  bed  at  nine. 

But  the  education  of  Grisie,  poor  mite,  had  begun  long 
before  this,  and  had  been  conducted  partly  at  school  and 
partly  by  special  masters.  On  10th  November  1696,  when 
she  is  just  four  years  old,  her  reading  master  receives 
4s.  lOd.  for  the  quarter,  and  her  education  in  this  branch 
is  completed  in  1701,  when  a  payment  of  £l,  10s.  is  made 
8  to  Porterfield  to  perfect  Grisie  in  reading.'  Mr.  Thomson 
receives  9s.  8d.  per  quarter  for  teaching  writing,  Mr. 
Brown  £1  for  teaching  arithmetic,  and  Mr.  M'Gie  £l,  Is.  6d. 
for  teaching  geography.  We  also  read  of  5s.  5d.  as  the 
quarter's  fee  for  the  reading  school ;  of  2s.  3d.  for  6  Rachies 
quarter  at  the  School,'  and  of  4s.  lOd.  paid  for  8  the  Bairens 
milk  going  to  the  School.'  There  is  no  mention  of  French 
lessons — except  those  given  by  Miss  Menzies — until  the 
family  are  in  London  in  1715,  when  8  Mistress  Faucour ' 
receives  10s.  for  a  month's  tuition  and  Mr.  Dumbar  £l,  Is.  6d. 
for  the  same. 

Then  there  were  dancing  lessons,  both  for  the  children 
and,  as  already  mentioned,  for  Lady  Grisell  herself.  The 
children's  lessons  8  with  the  Frenchman '  cost  about 
£l,  3s.  8d.  a  month,  just  about  half  what  was  paid  in  London 
to  8  Mr.  Isaach  for  a  months  dancing  to  Rachie  £3,  4s.  6d.' 


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Then  of  course  they  go  to  the  balls  given  by  their  dancing 
masters,  and  we  read  : — 

1702.  May.  To  Rachys  Ball  and  Grisies  .        .      £0    4  11 
For  a  straw  hat  to  Grisies  Ball       .       0  10  0 


We  also  find  the  rather  suggestive  entry  :  4  To  Grisies 
master  for  coals  '  Is.  2jd  stg. 

In  addition  to  going  out  to  dances  they  sometimes  had 
the  fiddlers  in,  for  4s.  lOd.  was  paid  '  To  Thomson  the  violer 
for  playing  to  the  bairens  a  day,'  and  9s.  8d.  was  paid  4  For 
the  Kelso  fiddlers  2  days  at  Mellerstains.' 

Of  course  the  fiddlers  may  have  been  employed  for 
the  pleasure  of  their  music  alone,  for  music  was  one 
of  George  Baillie's  delights,  and  one  which  was  shared 
in  by  his  wife  and  children.  The  musical  education  of 
the  latter  was  certainly  varied.  '  Grisie  '  was  taught  to 
play  the  spinet,  virginal,  viol  and  harp.  She  was  also 
taught  singing  and  '  through  bass/  while  6  Rachie  '  learns 
the  spinet,  virginal,  and  flute.  4  Grisie '  continued  her 
musical  studies  long  after  her  marriage,  and  we  find  her 
taking  advantage  of  her  stay  in  Naples,  then  one  of  the 
principal  schools  of  music  in  the  world,  to  prosecute  them 
there.  By  the  way,  there  was  apparently  no  one  in 
Edinburgh  competent  to  mend  a  virginal,  although  there 
were  tuners  there,  for  in  1714  the  4  fine  virginal '  has  to 
be  sent  from  Mellerstain  to  Leith  and  shipped  to  London 
to  be  repaired.  The  repairs  cost  £12,  10s.  and  the  expenses 
of  getting  it  there  and  back  came  to  £2,  3s.  8d.  How 
devoted  the  family  were  to  music  is  shown  from  their 
Accounts  while  in  London,  which  show  constant  entries 
for  tickets  for  operas  and  concerts.  They  evidently 
belonged  to  the  Handel  faction,  and  not  to  that  of  his 
rival,  Bononcini,  for  they  patronise  the  concert  of  Castruchi, 
the  leader  of  Handel's  Opera  band,  who  was  famous  as 


Gloves  to  them 
Cheries  at  the  Ball 


2  6  0 
0  10  0 


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a  performer  on  the  4  Violetta  Marina,'  an  instrument  of 
his  own  invention  ;  and  they  go  to  hear  Bernachi,  4  II  Re 
dei  cantatori,'  take  the  part  of  Goffredo  in  Handel's 
4  Rinaldo,'  and  Berenstadt  sing  the  bass  part  of  Arganti. 
Evidently  Bernachi,  whose  singing  particularly  appealed 
to  the  musically  educated,  was  a  special  favourite  of 
theirs.  He  presented  them  with  a  dog  called  4  Senorina,' 
and  they  presented  him  with  a  gold  watch  costing  £25 
and  a  gold  chain  costing  £4,  10s.  When  her  grandsons 
Lord  Haddington  and  his  brother  went  abroad  in  1740, 
Lady  Grisell  specially  directed  them  when  at  Bologna  to 
4  ask  also  for  Sigre  Barnachi  the  famous  singer  and  Sigre 
Sandoni  the  husband  of  the  Cuzone,1  they  will  be  pleased 
to  be  of  service  to  any  of  our  family.' 

Then  they  bought  tickets  from  the  famous  singer  Mrs. 
Anastasia  Robinson,  afterwards  Countess  of  Peterborough, 
and  they  no  doubt  attended  her  weekly  concerts  in  Golden 
Square,  where  were  to  be  found  4  all  such  as  had  any  pre- 
tensions to  politeness  and  good  taste.'2 

Concert  tickets  in  London  cost  about  10s.  each  ;  while 
in  Edinburgh  we  read  of  4  a  concert  to  Grissie,'  at  various 
times  costing  Is.  2§d.  stg.,  2s.  2d.,  2s.  6d.,  etc. 

Money  was  easily  spent  in  London  on  less  intellectual 
pleasures  than  music.  Masquerades,  a  form  of  entertain- 
ment to  which  the  king  was  partial,  were  naturally  fashion- 
able, and  to  many  of  these  the  Baillies  went  as  4  Caposhins,' 
4  Pilgrims,'  etc.  Rachel  was  present  as  a  4  Country  Girl ' 
at  the  famous  masquerade  at  Montagu  House,  tickets  for 

1  Cuzzoni,  one  of  the  most  famous  singers  of  the  day.  She  appeared  first  in 
London  on  12th  January  1722  as  Teophane  in  Handel's  'Otto.'  It  was  while 
rehearsing  for  this  opera  that  Handel  in  a  rage  seized  her  round  the  waist 
and  threatened  to  throw  her  out  of  the  window.  On  one  occasion  a  gentleman 
in  the  gallery  poetically  exclaimed,  '  Damn  her,  she  has  a  nest  of  nightingales 
in  her  belly.'  She  married  Sigr.  Sandoni,  a  harpsichord  master  and  composer 
of  some  eminence.  She  was  a  foolish  and  extravagant  woman,  and  eventually 
died  in  great  poverty. — Grove's  Dictionary  of  Music. 

2  Burney's  History. 

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which  were  much  sought  after,  and  where  '  there  was  a 
drawing-room  for  the  King  who  was  not  there,'  and 
c  where  everything  was  in  great  order  and  magnificence, ' 
and  6  could  not  have  cost  less  than  five  or  six  hundred 
pounds.'1  Then  they  lost  money  at  cards  at  the  Dukes 
of  Roxburgh  and  Montrose,  at  the  Earls  of  Stair  and 
Rothes,  at  Ladies  Loudoun,  Strafford,  Mar,  Dupplin,  etc. 
They  dined  with  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales,  with 
the  Dukes  of  Chandos  and  Hamilton,  Sir  Robert  Walpole, 
Mr.  Speaker  Onslow,  Mr.  Doddington,  and  scores  of  other 
interesting  people,2  c  and  were  as  usual  in  the  first  circles, 
Mr.  Baillie's  house  being  the  resort  of  the  best  company 
and  the  rendezvous  of  many  of  the  wits  of  that  day.'3 

We  have  mentioned  how  the  Baillies  accepted  a  present 
of  a  dog  from  Signor  Bernachi,  but  we  read  in  Lady 
Murray's  Memoirs  of  another  present  which  was  not  so 
well  received.  She  writes  :  4  He  had  an  infinite  pleasure 
in  giving  even  little  trifling  presents  to  his  friends,  but 
did  not  like  receiving.  If  it  was  from  any  he  thought 
had  a  view  to  his  interest  for  them  he  would  not  suffer 
it  though  never  so  trifling.  He  made  us  return  a  parrot 
given  us  when  he  was  in  the  Admiralty  by  a  gentleman 
who  was  soliciting  something  there.'  As  to  this  Mr.  Harry 
Graham  writes  :  4  '  To  be  given  a  parrot  at  any  time  is 
annoying,  but  when  such  a  gift  partakes  of  the  nature  of 
a  bribe  it  becomes  doubly  offensive.'  Mr.  Graham,  how- 
ever, forgot  when  writing  this  that  Mr.  Baillie's  fondness 
for  animals  was  well  known.  An  examination  of  Lady 
Grisell's  accounts  shows  that  the  gentleman  who  presented 
the  parrot  was  not  such  a  simpleton  as  Mr.  Graham  not 

1  Diary  of  Mary,  Countess  of  Cowper. 

2  See  'Bills  of  Fair,'  p.  281,  in  which  Lady  Grisell  not  only  states  with 
whom  they  dined,  but  what  they  had  for  dinner,  and  how  the  dishes  were 
arranged  on  the  table. 

8  Appendix  to  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs. 

4  A  Group  of  Scottish  Women,  by  Harry  Graham. 


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unnaturally  concludes,  lor  Mr.  Baillie  had  a  sufficient 
liking  for  parrots  to  pay  4s.  lOd.  for  having  one  brought 
from  Glasgow  in  1703,  and  a  reward  of  2s.  4  for  finding  the 
parrit,'  when  it  escaped  in  1704.  Besides  this  parrot 
there  were  purchased  in  1705  a  mavis  for  2s.  6d.,  2  lint 
whites  for  Is.  8d.,  and  in  1713  the  then  large  sum  of  £l,  10s. 
is  paid  for  a  4  mavis  cage.'  4  The  dog  Lyon  '  is  purchased 
in  1718  for  2s.  6d.,  and  in  the  same  year  10s.  6d.  is  paid 
4  To  teach  Jessie  the  dog  tricks.' 

III.  Servants 

The  question  of  servants  seems  to  have  bulked  as 
largely  then  as  now.  One  is  accustomed  to  talk  of  the 
good  old-fashioned  servant  who  came  as  a  girl  and  died 
as  a  nuisance  at  an  advanced  age,  but  although  there 
are  occasional  traces  of  this  class  of  domestic  to  be  met 
with  in  the  Baillie  Accounts,  one  is  more  struck  by  the 
constant  changes  in  the  household.  In  fact,  those  changes 
are  so  frequent  that  it  is  very  difficult  to  judge  of  the  size 
of  the  establishment,1  and  one  is  reluctantly  driven  to  the 
conclusion  that  Lady  Grisell  was  in  some  ways  just  too 
good  a  manager.  For  instance,  there  are  eighteen  different 
servants  mentioned  in  the  first  three  years  of  their  married 
life,  and  that  in  an  establishment  consisting  apparently 
of  four  women  servants  and  a  manservant.  During  the 
next  ten  years  there  are  sixty  different  servants  men- 
tioned, of  whom  thirty-one  do  not  remain  a  year  and 
seventeen  do  not  remain  two  years.  When,  after  the 
accession  of  George  i.,  the  family  took  up  its  quarters  in 
London,  the  same  ill  luck  as  to  domestics  followed  them 
there.  In  1715  there  were  no  fewer  than  eight  cooks  :  one 
remained  a  day,  one  a  night,  and  one  made  out  two  months, 

1  In  1697  cess  is  paid  for  eight  servants,  and  in  London  there  were  eight 
servants. 


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but  was  then  carried  away  by  the  constables.  The  same 
misfortune  overtook  Hellen  Williams  the  housemaid,  who 
is  charged  with  8s.  2d.  8  For  constables  and  cariing  befor  a 
Justice  of  Peace.'  No  hint  is  given  of  their  crimes,  nor 
do  we  learn  anything  of  their  fate,  unless  this  item  in  the 
following  year's  Accounts  has  reference  to  them  : — 4  July 
31.  To  the  servants  at  Newgate  Prison  2s.  6d.'  In  1717 
there  were  four  cooks,  one  of  whom  stayed  a  night  and 
one  a  fortnight  and  was  paid  for  a  month,  which  meant  a 
good  deal  under  Lady  Grisell's  careful  sway.  No  wonder 
Lady  Grisell  when  an  old  woman  wrote  to  her  daughter, 
Lady  Murray  :  4  My  dear,  Stay  till  Saturday  if  Lady  S. 
desires  you,  and  tell  her  not  to  be  uneasie  at  the  disap- 
pointments in  servants,  for  being  a  thing  she  will  always 
meet,  it  would  be  a  plague  indeed  if  one  laid  it  to  heart. 
If  she  can  lift  her  house  to  St.  Giles's  we  should  all  live 
together  and  everyone  serve  another,  but  I  would  keep 
the  purse  and  make  them  eat  their  meat  in  order.  Our 
housemaid  is  so  long  that  your  sister  has  made  two  of 
her,  for  we  have  only  her  and  the  cook  and  I 'm  in  no 
hope  for  a  laundrimaid.  You  '11  think  I  have  said  enough 
with  a  vomite  on  my  stomach  which  is  only  by  way  of 
prevention.' 1 

There  are,  as  has  been  hinted,  several  notable  exceptions 
to  this  short  service  system.  May  Menzies,  the  governess, 
to  whom  reference  has  already  been  made,  remained  all 
her  life,  and  Tarn  Youll,  the  coachman,  seems  also  to  have 
been  more  or  less  of  a  fixture.  Tarn  entered  the  Baillies' 
service  in  1706  as  groom,  at  a  money  wage  of  £l,  10s.  stg. 
and  his  clothes,  excepting  linen.    He  eventually  became 


1  This  is  written  by  Lady  Grisell  in  an  old  and  shaky  hand  in  the  middle  of 
an  undated  letter  from  Lady  Binning  to  Lady  Murray  describing  a  seizure  Lady 
Grisell  had  had  the  previous  night,  diagnosed  by  Dr.  Carlton  as  the  result  of 
wind  caused  by  too  long  fasts.  He  advises  'she  should  eat  little  at  a  time,  and 
often,  fasting  long  is  very  bad  for  her.' 


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liii 


coachman,  and  went  with  the  family  to  London,  where  his 
wages  were  raised  to  £3.  His  career  exemplifies  another 
point  in  connection  with  Lady  Grisell's  household  service, 
viz.  the  custom  of  fining  the  domestics  for  faults  and 
charging  them  with  any  loss  sustained  through  their 
carelessness  or  misconduct.  Thus  there  is  an  entry  in 
Tarn  Youll's  account  as  follows  :  1709.  4  To  him  for 
George  Dods  loss  of  work  when  drunk  and  lam'd  his  leg 
£7,  4s.  Scots.'  1  And  George  Dods's  account  for  the  same 
year  contains  this  entry  :  4  March  25.  For  a  velvet  cap 
he  spoilt  £2,  8s.  Scots.'  In  1712  Tarn  is  again  in  disgrace 
for  having  got  drunk  at  Makerstoun,  for  which  he  is  fined 
10s.  stg.,  the  entry  being,  4  April  20.  To  him  for  excessive 
drinking.'  In  1714  he  meets  with  still  severer  punish- 
ment in  connection  with  a  mare  which  had  apparently 
come  by  an  accident  through  his  carelessness,  for  he  has 
not  only  to  pay  £l,  10s.  stg.  4  To  the  ferriers  account,' 
but  also  10s.  stg.  for  the  hire  of  a  horse  4  to  the  coch  when 
the  mare  was  spoilt ' — £2  out  of  a  money  wage  of  £2,  10s. 
When  his  wife  is  ill  a  doctor  and  drugs  are  provided  for 
her,  but  they  are  charged  against  him  in  his  account — 
£1,  16s.  6d.  It  is  the  same  with  the  accounts  of  all  the 
other  servants.  They  are  carefully  charged  with  anything 
provided  or  done  for  them  or  their  families  beyond  the 
bargain  of  their  service.  They  are  fined  for  misbehaviour,2 
and  have  to  pay  for  4  breakages  '  unless  reported  the  same 
day.3 

As  this  subject  of  servants  is  one  of  considerable  interest, 
Lady  Grisell's  4  Memorandums  and  Directions  to  Servants  ' 


1  It  was  Youll  who  was  drunk,  and  not  Dods,  as  is  shown  by  another 
entry.  By  the  way  there  were  not  fewer  than  three  '  Tarn  Youlls '  in  the 
establishment  at  the  same  time,  which  must  have  made  things  a  trifle 
confusing. 

2  '1706.  To  James  Carrin  for  wilful  absence  from  his  service,  Scots.' 
His  wage  was  ,£30  Scots. 

3  See  p.  275,  rule  22. 


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has  been  included  in  this  volume.  It  is  rendered  still 
more  interesting  by  there  being  given  a  table  of  their 
weekly  diet — diet  which  would  certainly  not  suit  the 
servant  of  to-day.  It  will  be  observed  that  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  butter  allowed  with  their  4  oat  loaf,  broun 
bread  or  Ry.' 

As  already  stated,  it  is  difficult  to  gather  from  the 
earlier  accounts  how  many  servants  were  kept,  but  when 
the  family  were  in  London  there  appear  to  have  been  eight, 
and  latterly  at  Mellerstain  there  must  have  been  about 
seventeen,  as  is  shown  by  a  list  of  the  servants  as  at 
Whitsunday  1740  :— 


Ann  Turnbull,  Housekeeper 
Margaret  Rutherd,  Gentlewoman 
Betty  ogle,  Landry  maid 
Janet,  Housemaid 
Ann  Castles,  Cook 
Margaret  Hardy,  Washer 
Hellen  Youl,  Dary  Maid 
Pegie,        Kitchen  Maid 
Hendry  de  Pallie,  Butler 
George  Deans,  Gardner 
Robert  Taylor,  Cochman 
William  Hull,  Footman 
Tarn  Youll,  his  land  coachman  about 
Andrew  Youl,  Postilion 
George  Carter,  Groom  . 
Tarn  Youll,  Carter 
John,         Under  cook  . 
George  Howison,  herd  without  meat 
George  Dods,  officer  without  meat  . 


£5 
5 
2 
2 


0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

8    0  0 

2    0  0 

2    0  0 

2    0  0 

14    0  0 

14    0  0 

8    0  0 

5    0  0 

2    0  0 

2    0  0 

2  10  0 

4  0  0 

3  0  0 

5  0  0 
7    5  0 

£94  15  0 


In  Appendix  n.  will  be  found  a  note  of  the  money  wages 
paid  to  servants  prior  to  1718  as  shown  in  the  Accounts. 
In  judging  of  the  figures  there  given  as  applicable  to 
Scotland,  it  is  necessary  to  add  to  the  money  wage  the 


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lv 


value  of  two  pairs  of  shoes  supplied  annually  to  each 
maidservant,  and  the  value  of  all  clothes  except  linen 
supplied  to  most  of  the  menservants.  The  former  may 
be  taken  as  having  been  worth  about  4s.  stg.  per  annum 
and  the  latter  about  £2  stg.  per  annum. 

'  Drink  money  '  or  tips  to  servants  of  course  figures 
largely,  and  there  seems  little  doubt  that  this  burden  was 
even  more  oppressive  then  than  now.  As  far  as  can  be 
judged,  4  drink  money '  per  annum  averaged  about  one- 
fifth  of  the  annual  wage-bill  of  the  servants.  The  entry 
which  gives  the  largest  amount  of  drink  money  is  in  1717, 
and  is  as  follows  :  '  For  all  drink  money  while  at  Edin- 
burgh and  travelling  about  the  6  moneths  I  was  in  Scot- 
land £29,  10s.  stg.'  This  would  represent  something  like 
£200  of  the  money  of  to-day,  and  strikes  one  as  a  large  sum 
even  for  people  in  such  a  position  as  the  Baillies,  who  were 
no  doubt  accompanied  by  two  or  three  servants. 

It  is  not  only  the  amount  of  the  drink  money  that  is 
surprising  ;  it  is  also  the  servants  to  whom  drink  money 
is  paid.  The  recipients  are  nearly  always  nurses.1  Of 
course  one  can  understand  that  at  a  christening  the  nurse 
would  be  the  natural  person  to  tip,  but  the  occasions  cannot 
always  have  been  christenings,  even  admitting  how  fashion- 
able large  families  then  were. 

As  already  stated,  the  menservants  received  clothing, 
but  it  is  a  little  difficult  to  give  details  of  what  was  supplied, 
as  in  most  cases  material  is  purchased  and  made  up  by 
the  tailor  at  a  wage  of  4d.  a  day  and  his  food.  Still  it  is 
possible  to  glean  a  certain  amount  of  information.  Duncan 
Bisset,  whose  wage  was  £2  per  annum,  received  in  1702 
shoes  4s.,  linen  running  drawers  Is.  3d.,  running  shoes 
3s.  2d.,  twil  drawers  Is.  2|d.,  string  3jd.,  hat  4s.  6d.,  shirts 


1  See  vol.  xxxix.  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of Scotland \ 
p.  121,  where  Mr.  A.  O.  Curie  refers  to  this. 


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4s.  8d.,  cap  3s.,  drawers  and  gloves  2s.  8d.,  stockings 
Is.  10d.,  a  bonnet  Id.,  blue  cloth  for  a  coat  £l,  14s.  3jd., 
for  furnishing  and  making  the  same  4s.  8d.  Duncan  had 
to  supply  at  his  own  expense  4  linen  to  his  neck,'  which 
cost  him  2s.  lOd.  In  1715  a  suit  of  livery  seems  to  have 
cost  £4,  10s.,  and  a  big  lined  coat  £2,  10s.,  while  a  suit  of 
ordinary  clothes  for  the  barnman  cost  only  £l. 

We  get  another  instance  of  Lady  Grisell's  careful 
management  from  such  entries  as  the  following  :  4  1716. 
Nov.  16.  For  turning  two  coats  into  two  waistcoats  to 
George  and  Tarn  10s.' 

Board  wages  in  Scotland  were  at  that  time  Is.  a  day, 
but  this  no  doubt  included  lodging,  as  the  cost  of  feeding 
a  servant  according  to  the  dietary  given  by  Lady  Grisell 
on  p.  277  works  out  at  about  3d.  a  day.  In  1716  the 
cost  of  feeding  servants  in  England  is  given  as  follows  : — 

For  meat  to  4  servants  when  I  was  nine  weeks  at  Bath  from 
8  Augt.  till  8  Oct.  from  Betson      .        .  £0  15  2 

For  bread  in  that  time  .  .  .  .  .  12  2 
For  candle,  cheese  roots,  etc.  in  that  time  .  0  6  6 
For  Bear  0  18  0 

£3    1  10 

or  nearly  Is.  9d.  per  head  per  week.  Either  the  servants 
must  have  starved  themselves  in  1716  or  they  must  have 
6  done  '  themselves  uncommonly  well  in  1718,  for  under 
8th  October  of  that  year  we  find  the  following  corresponding 
entries  : — 

For  meat  to  4  servants  for  6  weeks  wt  Mrs.  Dundas 
[while]  I  was  at  Bath  from  Clements  Butcher     .      £1  8 

bread  0    9  1 

drink  2|  barrill  12  6 

sundry  other  provisions     .        .        .        .        .       2  12  3 

£5  11  10 

This  works  out  at  4s.  8d.  per  head  per  week. 


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IV.  Household  Expenses 

Under  this  heading,  as  already  mentioned,  Lady  Grisell 
entered  all  expenditure  in  connection  with  provisioning, 
firing,  lighting,  and  washing.  Not  only  did  she  enter 
sums  actually  spent,  but  she  also  charged  herself  with  the 
prices  of  all  supplies  drawn  from  the  estate.  These 
would  no  doubt  be  credited  in  some  4  home  farm  '  Account 
Book,  but  that  has  not  been  found.  During  the  first 
years  of  her  married  life  the  details  given  under  this  heading 
are  rather  meagre,  but  they  increase  year  by  year,  and  are 
eventually  very  voluminous.  It  is,  of  course,  quite  impos- 
sible to  refer  to  all  the  articles  mentioned,  and  as  the 
extracts  from  the  Accounts  may  not  give  some  of  these, 
an  attempt  has  been  made  by  means  of  an  appendix  to 
keep  a  note  of  the  most  important  of  them  and  of  their 
prices,  though  the  Editor  is  aware  that  a  tabulated  state 
of  this  sort  is  apt  to  be  misleading  as  it  gives  no  indication 
of  what  was  in  common  or  only  in  occasional  use.  An 
attempt  has  also  been  made  in  the  same  Appendix  to 
contrast,  where  data  make  it  possible,  the  prices  ruling 
in  Scotland  and  in  England  in  the  early  eighteenth  century 
with  those  of  the  present  day. 

A  careful  examination  of  this  part  of  the  expenditure 
shows  that  on  an  average  nearly  a  fourth  of  it  was  spent 
on  alcoholic  drinks,  and  that  exclusive  of  the  beer  brewed 
at  home.  In  Scotland,  French  wine  (this  may  be  another 
name  for  claret,  although  Lady  Grisell  seems  to  draw  a 
distinction  between  the  two),  claret,  canary,  sack,  mum, 
brandy,  ale,  and  beer  are  the  principal  drinks  and  are 
bought  in  large  quantities,  while  other  wines  and  spirits, 
such  as  burgundy,  aquavits,  arrac,  etc.,  are  only  rarely 
mentioned.  In  England,  on  the  other  hand,  arrac  and 
burgundy  frequently  figure,  and  champagne  makes  its 
appearance.    These  two  latter  wines  are  generally  bought 


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together  and  in  the  same  number  of  bottles,  rather  in- 
dicating that  they  were  got  for  special  occasions. 

Turning  to  temperance  drinks,  the  first  mention  of  tea 
in  Lady  Grisell's  Accounts  is  in  1702,  when  a  shilling  is 
paid  for  a  '  tee  pot.'  There  is,  however,  a  still  earlier 
reference  to  tea  in  the  Inventory  of  the  furnishings  of 
her  mother-in-law's  house  in  Edinburgh,  which  is  dated 
5th  June  1696,  and  where  we  find  mention  of  4  a  whet 
(white)  ern  (iron)  tee  stop  (stoup).'  Little  tea-cups  to 
drink  out  of  are  also  purchased  in  1702,  and  a  little  4  yetlen 1 
kettle  '  and  spirits  of  wine  for  boiling  the  same.2  In  1705 
we  have  4  2  dozen  china  plats,  2  dusin  tee  and  jacolite 
dishes  and  a  tee  pot  and  basone  bought  by  Greenknowe 
in  Holland '  £8,  2s.  6d.  stg.,  and  in  1706  Is.  4d.  is  paid  for 
'  a  pot  for  milk  to  tee.'  We  have  thus  the  tea-table  fairly 
complete.  The  first  entry  narrating  the  purchase  of  tea 
itself  does  not  occur  until  1708,  when  half  a  pound  Bohea 
is  purchased  for  £l.  That  is  at  the  rate  of  £l,  9s.  Id.  per 
pound  avoirdupois.  Probably  prior  to  that  date  any  tea 
got  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Baillie  when  in  London.  With 
tea 'at  such  a  price  Lady  Grisell  naturally  buys  but  seldom, 
and  at  first  in  half  or  quarter  pound  quantities,  generally 
purchasing  at  the  same  time  with  Bohea  an  equal  quantity 
of  green  tea,  which  cost  about  half  as  much.  As  the 
fortunes  of  the  family  improved  and  the  price  fell,  tea 
was  used  more  and  more,  and  latterly  figures  pretty  often 
in  the  Accounts.  Coffee  is  mentioned  in  1703,  and  a 
4  coper  pott '  for  Coffee  is  entered  in  old  Mrs.  Baillie's 
Inventory  of  1696.  Chocolate  is  referred  to  as  early  as 
1695.  Fruits  and  confections  are  frequently  bought,  and 
occasionally  4  taiblet  for  the  bairens.' 


1  Cast-iron. 

2  Spirit  lamps  are  mentioned  in  old  Mrs.  Baillie's  Inventory  already 
referred  to,  where  we  find  '  two  coper  things  for  holding  of  cotten  to  burn 
with  wein.' 


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As  to  food  supplies,  not  much  need  be  said.  With  the 
exception  of  anchovies,  which  are  only  once  purchased, 
the  other  items  mentioned  in  the  Appendix  occur  with 
more  or  less  frequency.  Herrings  of  course  bulk  largely, 
and  many  barrels  of  them  are  sent  as  presents  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Johnston  in  London.  It  is  curious  to  note  that 
when  in  London  Lady  Grisell  finds  it  cheaper  to  have 
barley,  starch,  washing  blue,  butter,  shelled  peas,  indigo, 
etc.,  sent  from  Edinburgh. 

Cows,  oxen,  calves,  sheep,  lambs,  and  pigs  are  also 
largely  used  for  food,  as  well  as  fowls,  domesticated  and 
wild,  the  latter  being  purchased  at  all  seasons.  Unfor- 
tunately there  are  no  data  to  enable  us  to  contrast  the 
prices  of  butcher  meat  in  Scotland  and  England,  but  it 
will  be  noted  that  in  England  mutton  is  dearer  per  pound 
than  beef,  and  the  relative  prices  of  cattle  and  sheep 
indicate  that  this  also  was  the  case  in  Scotland.  Lady 
Murray  gives  us  a  carefully  drawn  up  statement  of  the 
quantities  of  supplies  consumed  by  the  establishment  for 
several  years  after  Lady  Grisell' s  death,  two  of  which  are 
given  as  specimens,1  but  when  considering  these,  it  must 
be  borne  in  mind  that  Mellerstain  was  at  that  time  the 
residence  of  ladies  only. 

Perhaps  it  is  not  inappropriate  under  this  head  to  refer 
to  the  question  of  menus.  Lady  Grisell  left  a  book  of 
these  '  Bills  of  Fair  '  as  she  calls  them.  They  are  peculiarly 
interesting  from  the  fact  that  they  give  not  only  her  own 
dinners,  but  the  dinners  of  the  friends  by  whom  she  was 
entertained,  and  further,  the  lists  are  made  so  as  to  show 
the  position  of  the  dishes  on  the  table.  A  few  of  these 
are  printed,2  and  it  will  be  seen  from  them  that  two 
courses,  a  relief  and  dessert,  constituted  a  formal  dinner. 
All  the  dishes  of  each  course  were  set  down  on  the 


1  Pp-  304-306. 


2  Tp.  2S1-304. 


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table,  and  a  relief  consisted  of  one  or  two  dishes  sub- 
stituted for  some  of  those  of  the  first  course.  Some- 
times Lady  Grisell  draws  circles  round  the  name  of 
each  dish  to  represent  the  plate.  From  these  1  Bills  ' 
we  see  what  was  the  dinner  when  the  Baillies  dined 
with  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales  at  Richmond,  with 
the  Duke  of  Montrose,  the  Duke  of  Roxburgh,  Bishop  of 
Sarum,  Duke  of  Chandos,  Lord  Stair,  Lord  Oxford,  Lady 
Mary  Wortley  Montagu,  etc.,  and  what  the  Baillies  gave 
these  great  people  when  they  in  turn  dined  with  them. 
It  will  be  noted  that  in  these  menus  there  is  only  one 
mention  of  potatoes,  and  that  in  one  of  the  foreign  menus 
in  1733. 

The  House  Accounts  contain  many  other  odd  items  of 
information.  For  instance,  we  find  that  Lady  Grisell  made 
her  own  ink,  and  excellent  ink  it  was,  out  of  copperas  and 
galls,  and  her  blacking  for  boots  out  of  lamp  black  and 
beeswax.  We  learn  that  a  barrel  containing  thirty  salted 
cod  cost  £l,  and  a  barrel  of  pickled  oysters  2s.  ;  that  out  of 
thirty  dozen  oranges  and  twenty  dozen  lemons  Lady  Grisell 
had  '  8  gallons  orange  wine  and  large  12  gallons  of  panch 
and  2  doz.  oranges  besides  to  preserve ' ;  that  a  flambeau 
cost  from  Is.  2d.  to  Is.  6d  ;  that  the  salmon  bill  for  the 
year  amounted  to  £l,  7s.  ;  that  tobacco  cost  2s.  and  snuff 
4s.  a  lb.,  also  that  the  ladies  used  the  latter.  We  find 
that  in  London,  as  coals  were  expensive,  a  cinder  sieve 
was  purchased,  and  charcoal  and  billets  of  wood  were 
burned,  and  brushwood  and  roots  used.  In  fact,  the 
information  is  inexhaustible. 


V.  Buildings,  Gardens,  and  Estate  Management 

The  picturesque  old  tower  of  Jerviswood  had  been  the 
residence  of  George  Baillie's  father.  There  all  his 
children  had  been  born,  and  there  his  widow  took  up 


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her  residence  when  the  estates  were  restored  to  the 
family.  There  is  extant  in  the  old  lady's  handwriting 
an  Inventory  of  the  furniture  and  plenishings  at  Jervis- 
wood  as  at  November  1694.  It  is  an  interesting  and  mar- 
vellously spelt  document,  and  we  learn  from  it  how  the 
various  rooms  were  furnished,  or  rather  unfurnished : 
witness  the  purple  chamber,  which  contained  only  '  a 
very  old  bed  all  brok,'  and  '  My  study,'  which  belied  its 
title  by  containing  nothing  but  water  stoops,  cups,  coggies, 
spits,  girdels,  raxes,  quiechs,  etc.  There  was  no  drawing- 
room,  4  My  Chamber  '  having  no  doubt  contrived  a  double 
debt  to  pay,  and  the  dining-room  held  nought  but  4  en 
beg  ern  chemly  [grate]  with  a  bake  '  and  '  a  bege  wenscott 
tebell  and  two  fur  tember  one  lesser.'  Some  of  the  windows 
would  also  appear  to  have  been  only  half  glazed,  the  lower 
half  being  a  hinged  wooden  shutter,  as  indicated  by  there 
being  4  In  a  beg  pres  4  4  pr  of  wendow  bands  '  or  hinges. 
Jerviswood  and  its  furnishings,  its  4  three  win  glasses  two 
of  them  wanting  the  foot,'  was  as  typical  of  the  Scotland 
that  was  passing  as  Mellerstain  Tower,  the  Baillies'  other 
residence,  became  typical  of  the  Scotland  that  was  coming. 

As  his  mother  was  occupying  the  old  family  residence 
of  Jerviswood,  George  Baillie  had  perforce  to  adopt  Meller- 
stain Tower  as  his  country  residence.  Unfortunately, 
there  are  no  traces  left  of  the  latter  place.  It  probably 
occupied  the  site  of  the  buildings  erected  towards  the 
end  of  the  eighteenth  century  from  the  designs  of  R.  and  J. 
Adam,  and  united  as  these  do  now  the  two  wings  built 
by  George  Baillie.  In  spite  of  the  beautiful  roofs  and 
exquisite  woodcarvings  of  its  successor,  one  cannot  help 
regretting  the  disappearance  of  the  old  Tower,  the  top 
of  which  we  learn  from  the  Accounts  was  so  carefully 
repaired  every  year. 

Probably  during  old  Mrs.  BailKe's  lifetime  this  old 
Tower  was  even  less  comfortable  than  Jerviswood,  but 


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she  had  not  long  been  dead,  and  the  estates  freed  of  her 
jointure,  before  extensive  repairs  and  additions  began  to 
be  made  to  it.  During  the  years  1701,  1702,  and  1703 
£217,  12s.  4d.  was  spent  on  repairing  the  Tower  and 
offices.  Each  following  year  something  was  added.  In  1706 
there  is  paid  6s.  for  measuring  off  '  33  acres,  3  ruds,  17  f . 
8  ells  for  a  park,'  and  in  1708  the  park  dykes  are  built  at 
a  cost  of  £54,  9s.  5d.  In  1709,  looking  to  the  times,  this 
most  extraordinary  entry  occurs  :  4  Expense  of  building 
the  Bath  house  £65,  4s.  4d.'  In  1711  a  new  kitchen  is 
built  which  apparently  had  a  thatched  roof.  And  so  the 
additions  go  on. 

Nor  is  the  garden  or  planting  neglected.  In  1701  young 
trees  are  bought  for  3s.  4d.  from  4  Hundalie,'  and  fir  seed 
is  frequently  got — sometimes  from  London.  The  price 
of  the  latter  seems  to  have  varied  considerably,  from  2s. 
per  lb.  in  1704,  to  15s.  in  1711.  There  is  a  nursery  formed 
at  Jerviswood,  and  large  numbers  of  young  trees  purchased 
for  there  and  Mellerstain — limes,  yews,  thorns,  planes, 
elms,  geans,  firs,  chestnuts,  walnuts,  and  fruit  trees. 
Acorns  are  also  got.  In  1712  we  have  one  of  Lady  Grisell's 
characteristic  entries  :  '  For  young  trees  bought  by  John 
Hope  which  was  a  perfit  cheat  £2,  10s.'  and  in  1715  we 
read  of  Is.  8d.  being  paid  '  For  nailing  up  the  vine  tree.' 

There  were  evidently  a  few  well-grown  trees  still  left 
in  Scotland  at  this  date,  in  spite  of  the  general  belief 
to  the  contrary,  as  shown  by  such  entries  as  :  1703. 
'  Repairing  tenants  house  in  part,'  '  all  timber  being  cut  in 
the  wood,'  and  again  in  1709,  '  To  James  Blakie  2  days 
at  Langshaw  cutting  timber.' 

Unfortunately,  little  or  no  detail  is  given  of  seeds  pur- 
chased for  the  garden.  Of  vegetables,  spinach,  peas,  and 
parsley  are  mentioned,  and  of  flowers  anemones,  ranun- 
culuses, jonquils,  and  tulips. 

A  bowling-green  is  laid  out  in  1710  and  1711,  at  a  cost 


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of  £7,  3s.  Id.,  on  which  the  peacock  purchased  in  1704  no 
doubt  displayed  itself. 

The  entries  in  regard  to  the  enclosing  of  land  are  of 
interest,  the  first  occurring  in  1699,  when  £4  is  paid  for 
putting  up  one  of  the  park  dykes,  and  later  on  there  are 
entries  of  abatements  granted  to  tenants  for  '  dykes, 
eaten  corns  and  cart  roads.'  The  cost  of  building  a  dry 
stone  dyke  was  Is.  per  rood,1  as  compared  with  about 
Is.  per  yard  nowadays,  and  Lady  Grisell  took  care  to  see 
that  she  got  a  good  job,  as  witness  the  following  docu- 
ment : — 

Be  it  known  that  whereas  I  George  Cairncross  Mason  in 
Selikrete  being  imployed  by  the  Right  Hon.  Lady  Grisell 
Baillie  on  building  these  dry  dykes  at  the  strype  being  south- 
ward from  the  towne  [?]  hill  at  Mellerstain  but  there  being 
thirty  roods  of  the  said  dyke  that  are  builded  with  small  stones 
and  thereby  is  not  [sic]  found  not  to  be  good  and  sufficient 
I  therefore  do  hereby  bind  and  oblige  myself  to  hold  good  and 
sufficient  the  said  thirty  roods  of  dykes  during  the  space  of 
twentie  years  under  the  paneltie  of  five  pounds  Sterling  given 
at  Mellerstane  this  twentie-ninth  day  of  Novemr  17  hundred 
and  forty-three  years  before  these  witnesses  Wm.  Lamb  and 
George  Carter  servants  to  the  said  Lady  Grisell  Baillie. 

(Sgd)       George  Cairncross. 

William  Lamb,  Witness. 
George  Carter,  Witness. 

The  most  startling  figures,  however,  in  those  Accounts 
are  those  relating  to  the  building  of  cot-houses.  Even 
assuming  them  to  have  been  no  better  than  the  dwellings 
described  by  John  Ray,  4  pitiful  cots  built  of  stone  and 
covered  with  turfs  having  in  them  but  one  room,  many  of 
them  no  chimneys,  the  windows  very  small  holes  and  not 
glazed ' — even  at  this  the  prices  paid  for  the  erection  of 
some  of  them  strike  one  as  ridiculously  small.    In  1696 


1  A  rood  here  probably  meant  6  ells  Scots,  or  6  yards  6  inches  Imperial. 


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a  cot-house  is  built  for  4  Liddas  the  Marchant '  at  a  cost 
of  £1,  but  it  must  have  been  a  building  of  a  superior  class, 
for  in  1702  James  Ormiston's  cot  house  is  built  for  4s., 
and  we  find  mention  of  others  costing  lis.  Id.,  5s.,  and 
14s.  4d.  In  1714  many  of  the  details  of  building  the 
4  new  house  '  are  given,  the  cost  of  which  amounted  to 
£4,  12s.  3d.  This  house  was  of  a  superior  order,  and  was 
glazed  with  4  ches  losens ' — presumably  small  square 
panes  of  glass  instead  of  diamond-shaped  ones.1  There 
can  be  little  doubt  that  the  low  price  at  which  cot-houses 
were  erected  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  build- 
ing material  consisted  largely  of  tuft  divots,  the  supply 
of  which  is  so  often  referred  to.  Divots,  no  doubt,  also 
formed  the  roofing  of  these  miserable  dwellings,  although 
the  larger  houses  were  either  slated  or  thatched.  In 
1709  there  is  an  entry  dealing  with  the  slating  of  Lang- 
shaw  House,  and  in  the  same  year  we  read  of  straw  being 
supplied  for  the  thatching  of  Mellerstain,  '  For  85  threve 
oat  stra  crop  1707  @  6s.  to  sting  the  house,'  £2,  2s.  6d.  stg., 
and  of  heather  being  got  for  the  thatching  of  the  Church  of 
Earlston,  '  For  hather  and  thicking  of  the  church,'  7s.  stg. 


VI.  Furniture  and  Furnishings 

The  purchases  of  furniture  and  furnishings  for  the 
Baillies'  Edinburgh  house,  for  Mellerstain,  and  for  their 
house  in  London,  are  given  in  great  detail,  and  show  a 
good  supply  of  most  of  our  modern  requirements.  Mr. 
Henry  Grey  Graham,  in  his  Social  Life  of  Scotland  in 
the  Eighteenth  Century,  refers  to  the  lack  of  drinking 
glasses,  and,  as  already  mentioned,  there  would  appear 
to  have  been  a  lack  of  these  at  Jerviswood.  But 

1  The  farm-houses  in  Dumbartonshire  in  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth 
century  are  described  as  small  buildings  '  of  dry  stone,  or  at  best  cemented 
with  clay,  a  roof  of  heavy  timber  covered  with  sod  and  rotten  straw,  or  ferns.' 

— General  View  of  the  Agriculture  of  Dumbartonshire. 


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in  George  Baillie's  establishment  there  were  plenty  of 
single  wine-glasses  purchased  at  5d.  each,  double  wine- 
glasses at  8d.,  ale-glasses  at  Is.,  water-glasses  at  Is.,  and 
decanters  at  4s.  each.  There  was  also  a  glass  churn 
which  cost  Is.  8d.,  and  which  strikes  one  as  a  curious  thing. 
Then  there  are  scarlet  carpets  (1696),  and  in  London  oil- 
cloth for  the  dining-room  floor  ;  window  curtains  of  crape, 
calico,  muslin,  and  damask  ;  arras  hangings  of  plush,  etc., 
which  in  1712  began  to  give  place  to  wallpaper,  for  we 
read  of  three  4  pices  of  stamped  paper '  being  purchased  at 
2s.  6d.  each,  and  five  4  pice  varnished  paper '  at  13s.,  and 
in  the  following  year  twenty-five  4  pices  of  stamped  paper  ' 
for  £4,  6s.  This  must  be  an  early  use  of  wallpaper,  but 
the  two  following  entries  dealing  with  bells  are  still  more 
interesting :  1696.  4  For  a  bell  and  cord  to  the  door ' 
2s.  5d.  stg.,  1705.  4  For  a  bell  to  the  low  room '  2s.  stg. 
The  first  of  these  clearly  indicates  a  hanging  front  door 
bell  instead  of  a  tirling  pin  or  knocker,  while  the  second 
seems  to  indicate  a  bell  communicating  with  the  servants' 
quarters.  As  hanging  bells  in  houses  are  said  to  have 
been  unknown  in  France  until  the  beginning  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century,  and  were  not  introduced  into  England 
until  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne,  these  two  entries  are 
distinctly  worthy  of  note. 

The  decoration  of  rooms  with  mirrors  was  evidently 
much  in  fashion,  and  there  seems  to  have  been  tradesmen 
in  Edinburgh  capable  of  making  these,  for  in  1704  we  read 
of  £3,  Is.  6d.  paid  for  a  4  Chimney  glass  and  silvering ' ; 
and  again  in  1709,  14s.  paid  for  4  silvering  the  chimney 
glass.'  Still  the  Edinburgh  mirrors  cannot  have  been 
equal  to  the  London  ones,  for  4  Chimney  and  pannel  glass  ' 
to  the  value  of  £10,  17s.  lOd.  was  shipped  to  Leith  in  that 
same  year,  and  when  the  Baillies  furnished  their  London 
house  wall  mirrors  played  a  most  conspicuous  part  in  its 
decoration. 

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VII.  Lawyers  and  Doctors 
We  get  from  these  Accounts  a  considerable  amount  of 
information  as  to  the  fees  paid  to  counsel  and  to  agents. 
In  December  1694,  the  King's  Advocate,  Sir  Gilbert 
Elliot,  gets  £8,  8s.  for  four  consultations  ;  in  April  1696 
he  is  paid  a  fee  of  £l,  6s.  2d.  for  a  consultation  ;  in  January 
1696  he  is  paid  a  fee  of  £5,  5s.  ;  and  in  November  of  the 
same  year  he  is  paid  £3,  3s.  for  drawing  two  Deeds  of 
Entail  of  Mr.  Baillie's  estates.  Lawyers  will  note  that 
the  client  consults  counsel  and  pays  his  fees  without  the 
intervention  of  an  agent,  and  that  the  Lord  Advocate 
did  not  require,  as  he  does  now,  to  have  a  junior  conjoined 
with  him  in  a  consultation.  It  is  a  little  difficult  to  com- 
pare the  charges  of  Mr.  Baillie's  solicitor,  Mr.  Chiesly,  with 
those  prevalent  nowadays,  as  documents  and  business 
were  of  such  a  different  nature.  We  do,  however,  learn 
that  in  1705  2s.  5d.  is  paid  for  drawing  a  Bond  and  two 
Back  Bonds,  and  4s.  lOd.  for  writing  a  Bond  in  the  follow- 
ing year.  In  1707  John  Wood  is  paid  4s.  Id.  6  for  writing 
2  mens  tacks  and  a  Court  at  Langshaw,'  so  we  may 
safely  assume  that  solicitors  were  no  more  overpaid  than 
were  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Session.  It  is  interesting 
to  note  that  Jerviswood  was  granting  tacks  of  his  land, 
a  custom  which  did  so  much  to  improve  agriculture  in 
Scotland,  but  which  was  at  that  time  only  just  coming 
into  practice. 

The  fees  paid  to  doctors  and  surgeons  compare  favour- 
ably with  those  paid  to  lawyers.  Fees  of  lis.,  £2,  2s.,  and 
£3,  3s.  are  common,  and  the  practice  of  bleeding  must 
have  yielded  to  the  surgeons  a  regular  and  remunerative 
return.  The  ordinary  charge  in  Scotland  for  bleeding  a 
member  of  the  family  was  9s.  8d.,  and  for  one  of  the  ser- 
vants, 4s.  lOd.  If  the  luxury  of  being  bled  from  the 
4  Jouglar  vain '  was  indulged  in,  it  was  more  expensive, 


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costing  £l,  Is.  6d.  In  England  the  bleeding  was  done  at 
the  Bagnio  or  Baths,  such  entries  as  4  For  cupping  Rachy 
in  the  Banyo  5s.'  being  of  frequent  occurrence.  The 
Bagnio  in  Edinburgh,  situated  in  the  Canongate  and  kept 
by  one  Rees,  which  is  mentioned  two  or  three  times,  did 
not  apparently  undertake  surgery,  but,  curiously  enough, 
it  was  possible  to  get  accommodation  there  for  the  night, 
for  in  1707  we  read  :  '  For  lodging  2  nights  in  the  Bainio 
and  4  times  bathing  '  £l,  4s.  stg.  Head  baths  could  also 
be  obtained,  for  £l  is  paid  to  Mr.  Knox  for  'head  baths.' 
These  Bagnios  or  Baths  were  no  doubt  of  the  nature  of 
Turkish  Baths,  and  those  in  Edinburgh  are  referred  to 
also  in  the  Account  Book  of  Sir  John  Foulis.1 

The  frequency  with  which  the  Baillies  took  these  baths 
and  went  to  watering-places,  and  the  large  quantities  of 
mineral  waters  that  appear  so  frequently  in  the  accounts. 
4  Spa  Water,'  4  Scarbrough  Water,'  4  Queen  of  Hungry 
Water,'  etc.,  indicate  that  either  Lady  Grisell  or  her  hus- 
band or  both  were  troubled  with  rheumatism  or  gout. 

It  is  also  to  be  noted  that  in  1705,  when  4  Rachy  '  is  ill, 
a  special  nurse  is  got  for  her  at  a  fee  of  5s. 

Two  or  three  entries  occur  relating  to  the  syringing  of 
ears,  which  are  explained  by  the  fact  that  Mr.  Baillie 
gradually  became  very  deaf.  Indeed,  his  increasing  deaf- 
ness was  the  reason  given  for  his  retirement  from  the 
Treasury. 

It  is  impossible  to  leave  this  subject  without  a  reference 
to  dentistry.  Throughout  the  Accounts  no  mention  is 
made  of  the  purchase  of  a  tooth-brush,  although  the  family 
go  occasionally  to  a  dentist  to  have  their  teeth  4  cleaned,' 

1  The  College  of  Physicians  had  a  bath  in  the  Cowgate  about  this  time,  for 
which  i/-  stg.  was  charged,  and  T\d.  stg.  as  fee  to  the  servant.  This  bath 
was  let  in  17 14  to  Alex.  Murray,  W.S.,  and  John  Russel  of  Bradshaw,  W.S. 
Looking  to  the  fees  prevailing  in  the  W.S.  profession,  one  is  not  surprised  to 
find  two  of  the  members  trying  to  eke  out  their  incomes  by  running  a 
bath. 


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at  which  times  powder  is  mentioned  as  being  purchased. 
Thus  in  1709  :  4  To  teeth  cleaning  each  half  a  crown  and 
puders  '  14s.  4  1717.  To  cleaning  all  our  teeth  at  Bath 
£l,  14s.'  Visits  are  also  paid  to  the  dentist  for  still  more 
unpleasant  purposes,  as  witness  the  entry  in  1705  :  4  For 
stopping  teeth  with  lead  and  something  to  clean  'em  10s.'  ; 
and  the  entry  in  1717  :  4  July,  to  Vilponta  for  drawing 
Grisie's  tooth  10s.  9d.' 

VIII.  Horses  and  Carriages 

The  Baillie  expenses  in  connection  with  the  keep  of 
horses  and  upkeep  of  carriages  and  harness  in  Scotland 
averaged  for  the  years  1692  to  1714  about  £35  per  annum, 
exclusive  of  the  wages  of  coachmen  and  grooms.  As  there 
were  certainly  four  coach  mares,  besides  hunting  mares 
and  a  cart  horse,  it  may  be  taken  that  this  figure  covered 
the  keep  of  at  least  seven  horses,  and  that  consequently 
the  keep  of  a  horse  for  a  year  was  under  £5.  As  the  Baillies 
bred  their  own  horses,  there  are  not  so  many  entries  dealing 
with  their  purchase  as  one  might  otherwise  have  expected. 
The  highest  price  given  for  a  horse  is  £22,  4s.  5d.,  paid  in 
1696  for  a  gelding.  A  pony  for  Grisie  cost  £3,  6s.  8d.  ; 
horses  £10,  £9,  14s.  8d.,  and  £7  ;  a  mare  £4,  8s.  lid.  Colts 
are  gelded  at  2s.,  although,  as  Lady  Grisell  explains,  the 
usual  price  is  Is.,  rumping  costs  Is.,  and  bleeding,  which 
is  of  frequent  occurrence,  lOd.  ;  while  stallions  for  the 
mares  cost  £2,  2s.  (Bath).  Coach  harness  for  a  pair  of 
horses  cost  in  1705  £4,  16s.,  in  1702  a  leather  side  saddle 
is  bought  for  12s.,  while  in  1712  4  a  fine  sadle  to  Grisie 
yellow  velvite  trim'd  with  silver '  costs  £13  ;  a  pad  saddle 
and  furniture  in  1701  costs  £2,  2s.,  and  a  '  clog  bag1  saddle 9 
and  all  its  furniture  costs,  in  1704,  17s.  4d. 

When  the  Baillies  were  first  married,  the  carriage  they 


1  Saddle  bag. 


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owned  was  a  '  berlyn,'  a  light  carriage  capable  of  containing 
two  persons,  said  to  have  been  invented  about  forty  years 
before  by  '  Philip  de  Chiese,  a  native  of  Piedmont  in  the 
service  of  Frederick  William,  Elector  of  Bradenburg.'1 
In  1699,  however,  a  chariot  is  purchased  in  London,  whence 
it  is  brought  to  Edinburgh,  at  a  cost  of  £5,  3s.  The  price 
of  the  chariot  unfortunately  is  not  given.  Some  idea  of 
the  state  of  the  roads  is  obtained  from  the  constant  mention 
of  purchases  of  glass  for  the  chariot,  and  the  frequency 
with  which  new  wheels  have  to  be  got.  These  latter  cost 
£5  a  set,  and  on  one  occasion  are  bought  at  St.  Andrews, 
and  on  another  are  made  by  the  local  workmen  at  Meller- 
stain. 

The  coach  itself  does  not  last  long,  for  in  1704  it  gets 
such  a  complete  overhaul  that,  after  reading  the  details, 
one  wonders  how  much  of  the  original  coach  was  left.2 

In  spite  of  having  had  6  her  '  so  thoroughly  repaired,  a 
new  chariot  is  purchased  and  brought  from  London  need: 
year.  This  new  chariot  seems  to  have  been  not  altogether 
a  success,  and  must  have  been  the  subject  of  some  com- 
plaint, for  Mr.  Secretary  Johnston  writes  in  regard  to  it : 
•  There  could  be  no  knavery  in  your  Chariot  considering 
the  price  of  it,  and  since  you  saw  it  before  it  was  covered, 
the  wood,  as  it  often  happens,  may  not  have  been  seasoned 
enough  ;  none  but  workmen  can  judge  of  that.'  Although 
the  Baillies  imported  their  carriages  from  London,  it  is 
evident  that  coaches  of  a  sort  could  be  procured  in  Scotland, 
for  in  1707  we  read :  '  To  King  Coachmaker  for  helping 


1  A  Book  about  Travelling,  Past  and  Present,  by  Thomas  A.  Croal.  It  was 
in  the  Berline  of  Baroness  de  Korff  that  Louis  XVI.  and  his  queen  attempted 
to  escape  from  France. 

2  1704  Oct.  26.  For  helping  and  dighting  thecoch  £1  8/,  nails  to  thecoch  10/, 
Axe  tree  £$  8/. 

For  a  hind  axe  tree  ^4  6/,  a  pair  fitchers  £4  10/. 

For  a  transem  £3,  lining  the  bottom  £2,  2  rollers  6/,  mending  £1  I?/. 
For  2  skins  £1  8/,  nails  to  her  14/2,  drink  2/  (Scots  money). 


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the  Chariot,  the  money  sent  to  Edinburgh  by  Francis 
Newton'1  15s. 

When  the  family  went  to  London,  towards  the  close  of 
the  year  1714,  they  did  not  take  their  own  carriage,  but 
travelled  by  the  stage-coach.  It  was  thus  necessary  for 
them,  on  their  arrival  in  London,  to  purchase  a  coach, 
which  they  did  from  one  4  Mr.  Baldwine,'  at  the  price  of 
£55,  which  was  paid  by  instalments.  Instead  of  horsing 
this  themselves,  they  hired  a  coachman  and  two  horses 
at  £25  per  quarter.  Judging  from  the  amount  of  chariot 
glass  appearing  in  the  London  Accounts  the  streets  of  that 
city  were  not  much  better  than  those  of  the  northern 
capital. 

It  will  be  noticed  in  Lady  Grisell's  4  Memorandum '  as 
to  travelling  on  the  Continent,  that  when  the  chaises  2 
arrive  at  Trent,  4  you  must  put  an  avan  train  to  your 
Chaise,'  4  you  cannot  travel  without  these  fore  carriages, 
they  not  been  used  to  drive  as  in  Italy.' 

It  is  evident  from  the  directions  which  Lady  Grisell 
gives  her  grandsons  as  to  the  careful  adjustment  of  the 
4  avan  train  '  that  the  chaises  proceeded  through  Germany 
with  six  wheels  each.  These  4  avan  trains  '  were  neces- 
sary in  order  to  provide  a  seat  for  the  driver,  the  chaises 
until  Trent  was  reached  having  been  driven  by  postillions, 
and  Lady  Grisell  gave  directions  that  they  are  to  be  got 
rid  of  at  Cologne  or  Frankfort. 

It  will  also  be  noted  from  the  same  4  Memorandums  ' 
that  it  was  considered  hardly  worth  while  to  bring  these 
travelling  chaises  across  the  Channel,  they  being  4  but 
unwildy  and  troublesome  in  our  country,'  therefore  4  sell 
them  for  what  you  can  get.' 

1  In  1693  the  Scottish  Parliament  granted  a  monopoly  to  Wm.  Scott, 
cabinetmaker,  to  build  coaches,  chariots,  sedan-chairs,  and  calashes,  coach 
1  Harnish  and  grinding  of  glasses.'  Before  that  all  coaches,  etc.,  were 
imported. 

2  A  chaise  could  be  bought  for  ^25. 


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One  word  as  to  carts  !  Mr.  Henry  Grey  Graham,  in 
his  Social  Life  of  Scotland  in  the  Eighteenth  Century, 
gives  a  description  of  tumbrils,  which  he  said  were 
regarded  as  4  a  triumph  of  mechanism  when  the  century 
was  young.'  He  goes  on  to  say :  6  Carts  were  a  later 
institution ;  and  when  in  1723  one  carried  a  tiny  load 
of  coals  from  East  Kilbride  to  Cambuslang,  crowds  of 
people,  it  is  recorded,  went  out  to  see  the  wonderful 
machine  ;  they  looked  with  surprise  and  returned  with 
astonishment.'  4  Yet  in  many  parts  of  the  Lowlands 
they  did  not  come  into  use  until  1760.'  This  may  have 
been  so  in  certain  districts,  but  in  Edinburgh  carts  capable 
of  carrying  half  a  ton  of  coal  seem  to  have  been  common 
enough.  In  1696  ten  carts  of  coal  are  brought  from  Car- 
berry  ;  coals  are  constantly  being  carted  from  Leith ; 
in  1701  a  4  cart  and  all  that  belongs  to  it '  is  purchased  for 
£4  ;  and  in  1704  a  new  axle-tree  is  got  for  the  cart.  Both 
the  price  paid  and  the  last  entry  show  clearly  that  the 
Baillies'  cart  was  not  a  tumbril,  but  had  wheels  revolving 
independently  of  the  axle-tree,  and  there  is  no  reason  for 
assuming  that  it  was  in  any  way  superior  to  the  other  carts 
mentioned. 

IX.  Clothing 

It  is  a  little  difficult  for  a  mere  man  to  form  an  opinion  in 
regard  to  matters  of  feminine  clothing,  and  it  is  dangerous 
to  express  it  when  formed.  The  first  thing  that  strikes 
one  in  looking  through  the  Clothing  Accounts  is  the  change 
that  has  taken  place  in  the  meaning  of  the  word  4  night 
gown.'  We  find  nightgowns  of  damask,  of  stained  satin, 
of  yellow  satin,  of  striped  satin,  of  calico,  of  velvet,  etc., 
all  lined  with  various  materials,  and  costing  anything 
from  £l  to  £5.  They  are  frequently  given  as  presents. 
George  Baillie  brings  back  4  night  gowns  '  from  London  for 
his  wife  and  daughter,  and  4  night  gowns  '  are  given  to  his 


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wife's  sister  '  Jeanie,'  and  to  his  sister  Mrs.  Weems,  costing 
respectively  £3  and  £2,  15s.  From  the  number  that  are 
bought  they  are  evidently  more  than  dressing-gowns,  and 
from  the  fact  that  elaborate  ones  are  also  purchased  for 
Mr.  Baillie  himself,  the  term  can  hardly  be  synonymous 
with  4  an  evening  gown.'  In  the  case  of  ladies,  it  was 
probably  a  sort  of  tea-gown ;  and  in  the  case  of  men,  a 
dressing-gown  for  more  or  less  public  wear.  It  was  no 
doubt  in  this  sort  of  4  night  gown  1  that  Robert  Baillie 
was  tried  and  hanged,  and  not  in  the  garment  we  now 
understand  by  the  words.1 

What  would  be  now  termed  4  nightgowns  '  are  called 
in  the  Accounts  4  night  clothes,'  and  were  made  of  muslin 
or  cambric. 

In  the  matter  of  underclothing,  the  Accounts  show  but 
cold  comfort,  and  it  is  with  a  sense  of  relief  that  one  reads 
of  the  occasional  purchase  of  flannel.  No  doubt  the 
material  for  woollen  underwear  was  woven  at  home,  as 
we  find  frequent  references  to  the  purchase  of  wool,  some- 
times bought  specifically  to  be  6  made  into  flanell.' 

Stockings  of  cotton,  wool,  and  silk  are  purchased  at 
prices  ranging  from  Is.  Id.  to  14s.  per  pair,  the  finer  kind 
being  worn  over  woollen  understockings.  When  abroad, 
specially  thick  stockings  for  travelling  are  bought,  as  are 
also  stockings  of  beaver  skin,  which  cost  three  florins 
(7s.)  the  pair.  One  would  be  inclined  to  doubt  the 
meaning  of  the  word,  but  a  few  entries  further  on  4  baver 
skin  gloves '  are  purchased,  and  4  baver '  for  a  4  peticoat 
and  clock,'  the  former  costing  Is.  lOd.  per  pair,  and  the 
latter  £2,  19s.  3d.    It  will  also  be  noted  from  the  snuff - 

1  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu  writes  in  1716:  '  I  met  the  lover  yesterday 
going  to  the  ale  house  in  his  dirty  night  gown,  with  a  book  under  his  arm  to 
entertain  the  club  ;  and  as  Mrs.  D.  [the  gentleman's  fiancee]  was  with  me  at 
the  time,  I  pointed  out  to  her  the  charming  creature ;  she  blushed  and  looked 
prim  ;  but  quoted  a  passage  out  of  Herodotus  in  which  it  is  said  that  the 
Persians  wore  long  night  gowns.' 


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boxes  and  handkerchiefs  purchased  for  the  ladies  that 
snuff  was  used  by  them  as  well  as  by  the  men. 

On  p.  203  and  p.  213  will  be  found  the  trousseau 
accounts  of  Lady  Murray  and  Lady  Binning  respectively, 
the  bridal  dress  of  the  one,  4  a  sute  clothes  trim'd  with 
silver,'  costing,  along  with  her  sister's  dress  and  some 
other  items,  £112,  8s.  6d.,  and  of  the  other,  4  For  25  yards 
silver  stuff  for  gown  and  coat,'  costing  £41,  5s. 

A  plain  suit  of  clothes  for  a  gentleman  cost  between 
£4,  10s.  and  £7,  but  of  course  if  expensive  materials  were 
used  the  cost  might  be  anything.  The  accessories  to  the 
suit,  such  as  the  lace  for  cravats  and  ruffles,  often  cost 
more  than  the  suit  itself,  on  one  occasion,  in  London,  as 
much  as  £20,  5s.  being  spent  on  a  cravat  and  two  pairs  of 
ruffles.  A  muff  with  its  case  was  also  a  necessary  part  of 
a  gentleman's  equipment. 

Wigs  naturally  figure  frequently.  We  have  campaign 
wigs  at  about  £l,  5s.,  long  wigs  at  £2,  5s.,  and  undesigned 
wigs  at  £3,  5s.  Then  there  are  the  concomitant  nightcaps 
of  wool  or  double  holland  for  keeping  warm  shaved  heads. 
Here  also  we  notice  Lady  Grisell's  careful  hand.  Nothing 
is  thrown  away  that  can  be  repaired  :  4  Helping  the  fore- 
head of  a  wig '  5s.  ;  4  Helping  a  wig  and  shaving  8s.  7d. 
stg.'  ;  4  Turning  my  poplin  gown  '  ;  4  Dying  red  gown 
green  '  ;  4  Making  up  the  old  floord  night  gown,'  etc. 

X.  Jerviswood's  Brothers  and  Sisters 

When  George  Baillie  was  restored  to  his  family  estates 
he  became  responsible  for  the  payment  of  his  mother's 
jointure  of  £102,  13s.  8d.,  and  of  the  provisions  made  by 
his  father  for  his  younger  children,  amounting  to  43,000 
merks  or  £2388,  17s.  9d.  stg.  Along  with  her  other 
accounts  Lady  Grisell  kept  an  account  of  how  this  money 
was  paid  away  to,  or  for  the  benefit  of,  the  beneficiaries, 


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and  these  Accounts  give  us  some  information  on  a  different 
and  not  so  pleasant  side  of  eighteenth  century  life.  It 
is  evident  from  them  that  Jerviswood's  immediately 
younger  brother  Archibald  was  not  altogether  a  satis- 
factory character.  At  one  time  or  another  he  was  reduced 
to  pawning  his  coat,  his  Bible,  and,  still  more  reprehensible, 
his  brother's  watch,  which  various  articles  were  redeemed 
at  the  cost  of  10s.,  8s.  4d.,  and  12s.  6d.  respectively.  He 
eventually  lands  in  the  Tolbooth,  presumably  for  debt, 
when  we  find  the  following  entry  :  4  To  him  by  Plumer 
when  he  was  in  ye  Tolbooth  £54,  8s.  Scots  '  (£4,  10s.  8d.). 
If  this  sum  was  paid  for  his  maintenance,  and  it  looks  as 
if  such  were  the  case,  and  if  the  expense  of  his  board 
4  inside  '  was  in  any  way  commensurate  with  his  board 
outside,  he  must  have  been  in  durance  vile  for  some  time, 
as  his  board,  lodging,  and  pocket-money  for  six  months 
when  at  liberty  only  cost  about  £10. 

Evidently  some  sort  of  special  arrangement  had  to  be 
made  about  Archibald,  as  a  separate  account  is  kept 
for  him  long  after  his  brothers  and  sisters  have  been 
paid  off  and  their  names  have  disappeared  from  the 
Accounts. 

Just  as  the  Accounts  for  Archibald  cease,  that  is,  about 
1708,  Lady  Grisell  opens  an  account  in  her  ledger  for 
6  Rachell  Dundas.'  No  clue  is  given  as  to  who  this  was, 
but  she  was  probably  a  daughter  of  George  Baillie's  sister 
Rachel,  who  married  Patrick  (?)  Dundas  of  Breistmilne. 
This  child  apparently  possessed  a  little  money,  which  Lady 
Grisell  administered  for  her,  and  her  name  figures  through 
the  Accounts  for  several  years.  She  went  with  the  family 
to  London,  and  she  and  Miss  Menzies  are  occasionally  sent 
to  the  theatre  together :  4  1715.  Ap.  6.  For  a  play  to 
Rachel  Dundas  and  May  Menzies  gallarie  4s.' ;  4  Two 
gallerie  tickets  to  ane  opera  3s.' ;  4  To  Rachel  Dundas  for 
going  to  a  play  4s.,'  etc.    Looking  to  the  small  amount 


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spent  on  her  and  on  her  amusements  in  comparison  with 
her  cousins,  one  is  afraid  she  must  have  felt  somewhat  of 
a  Cinderella. 

XI.  General  Remarks 

Having  dealt  with  Lady  Grisell's  Accounts  more  or  less 
in  detail,  it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  add  a  word  or  two 
upon  them  as  a  whole.  In  Appendix  v.  will  be  found 
a  statement  showing  the  yearly  expenditure  under  its 
various  heads  from  1693  to  1718  inclusive,  and  as  far  as 
possible  giving  the  yearly  income  for  the  same  period.  The 
note  of  expenditure  has  been  made  up  from  Lady  Grisell's 
Accounts,  and  may  be  taken  as  accurate,  except  in  regard 
to  the  figures  under  headings  6  Pocket  Money  '  and  '  London 
Expenses.'  The  former  one  feels  can  hardly  give  the 
whole  of  the  pocket-money  spent  by  Jerviswood,  and  the 
latter  is  certainly  incorrect,  for  Baillie  was  in  London  every 
year  after  the  Union  attending  to  his  parliamentary  duties, 
and  there  is  no  mention  of  the  expenses  of  these  visits  in 
the  Accounts.  With  these  exceptions,  the  figures  give  a 
fair  idea  of  the  expenditure  of  a  country  gentleman  immedi- 
ately preceding  and  succeeding  the  Union. 

The  figures  setting  forth  Baillie' s  income  are  derived 
partly  from  balance-sheets,  which  were  prepared  periodi- 
cally every  few  years  either  by  Lady  Grisell  or  her  husband, 
and  which  give  the  rental  of  his  estates  together  with  a 
note  of  his  investments  and  debts,  and  partly  from  the 
Records,  which  mention  the  salaries  attaching  to  the 
various  posts  held  by  him. 

In  considering  any  of  the  branches  of  the  expenditure 
it  is  always  necessary  to  take  a  few  years  together,  as 
wages  and  accounts  are  often  left  unpaid  for  several  years, 
probably  from  the  scarcity  of  coin.  For  instance,  in 
1707  4  May  Menzies  '  receives  two  years'  wages  ;  in  1717 
6  John  Hume  Garner  at  Mellerstaine  '  is  paid  his  wages  for 


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three  years  ;  in  1709  Torwoodlee  is  paid  £8  for  a  horse 
4  got  10  years  since,'  and  there  are  many  similar  entries, 
although  in  the  last  case  the  length  of  delay  is  exceptional. 
Whether  it  was  this  want  of  ready  money,  or  whether  it 
was  a  legacy  from  his  days  of  adversity,  it  is  impossible 
to  say,  but  certain  it  is  that  George  Baillie  had  in  December 
1695  to  redeem  a  gun  from  pawn  at  the  small  sum  of 
2s.  lOd.1 

The  average  expenditure  in  Scotland  for  the  years  from 
1693  to  1714,  exclusive  of  sums  spent  on  estate  manage- 
ment and  expeditions  to  London,  works  out  at  rather 
under  £550  sterling  per  annum,  and  it  is  strange  to  think 
of  this  sum  being  able  to  finance  an  establishment  in 
which  the  number  of  servants  must  have  averaged  at  least 
ten,  and  which  boasted  a  carriage  and  four,  besides 
hunters. 

This  naturally  raises  the  question  as  to  the  relative  value 
of  money  then  and  now,  a  difficult  question,  the  answer 
to  which  alone  can  enable  us  to  compare  the  prices  of 
two  hundred  years  ago  with  those  of  to-day,  and  to  say 
that  such  and  such  an  article  was  dearer  or  cheaper  then 
than  now.  It  is  a  problem  that  can  be  attacked  in  various 
ways,  but  for  the  purposes  of  this  book  it  is  perhaps 
sufficient  to  examine  it  from  the  charge  side  of  the  account, 
that  is,  from  a  study  of  what  a  man  or  woman  was  able  to 
earn  for  labour,  whether  manual  or  mental :  approached 
from  this  side  an  article  may  be  said  to  be  dear  or  cheap 
as  its  price  varies  to  the  earning  capacity  of  the  in- 
dividual. If,  therefore,  we  can  find  any  fairly  common 
ratio  existing  between  salaries  and  wages  of  the  various 


1  Truthful  accounts  not  only  at  times  give  away  the  writer,  but  also  are 
occasionally  hard  on  others,  as  the  following  entry  in  171 7  bears  out: — 'To 
my  Lady  Lockhart,  lent  and  never  pay'd  £\,  is.  6d.'  It  is  hard  to  think  of 
such  acts  of  omission  rising  up  in  judgment  after  so  many  years  have 
elapsed. 


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trades  and  professions  then  and  now,  we  shall  at  least 
be  enabled  to  judge  by  it  whether  any  special  com- 
modity has  increased  or  decreased  in  value  from  a 
purchaser's  point  of  view.  Now  it  will  be  seen  from 
Appendix  iv.,  which  has  been  prepared  from  the 
Accounts  of  Lady  Grisell  and  from  other  sources,  and 
which  the  Editor  is  well  aware  is  far  from  exhaustive, 
that  the  salaries  and  wages  therein  referred  to  have 
increased  from  six-  to  ten-fold.  It  will  also  be  seen 
that  the  increase  in  the  wages  of  domestic  servants, 
taking  into  account  the  cost  of  the  clothes  supplied  and 
the  cost  of  their  maintenance,  both  relatively  greater  then 
than  now,  lies  somewhere  between  the  same  two  figures. 

Let  us  therefore  take  eight,  the  mean  of  these  two  figures, 
as  representing  the  decrease  in  the  power  of  money  to  buy 
the  services  of  men  and  women,  and  let  us  multiply  by 
eight  the  price  of  any  article  in  1707  before  comparing  it 
with  the  price  of  to-day.  The  result  should  enable  us  to 
judge  fairly  accurately  whether  it  has  increased  or  decreased 
in  value. 

As  long  as  income  was  spent  on  the  employment  of 
labour,  such  as  servants,  tradesmen,  doctors,  lawyers,  etc., 
our  ancestors  were  just  as  well  off  as  we  are  to-day.  The 
same  may  also  be  said  in  regard  to  one  or  two  items,  such 
as  farmyard  produce,  keep  of  horses,  etc.,  but,  as  will  be 
seen  from  Appendix  i.,  the  cost  of  nearly  every  other 
commodity  was  relatively  much  dearer  then  than  now. 
Even  the  staff  of  life,  oatmeal,  which  costs  now  about  17s. 
the  boll,  cost  then  about  10s.,  that  is,  it  was  then  relatively 
nearly  five  times  dearer.  This  merely  brings  us  to  what 
we  know  already,  namely,  that  our  incomes  go  much 
further  now  than  then,  and  that  we  are  consequently  much 
better  off. 

Mention  has  been  made  of  the  periodical  balance-sheets 


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made  out  by  George  Baillie.  In  these  Baillie  valued  his 
landed  estates  at  so  many  years'  purchase,  gave  a  list  of 
his  investments,  and  a  note  of  the  debts  due  by  him. 

In  1693,  Jerviswood  and  Mellerstain  were  both  valued  at 
twenty  years'  purchase,  but  the  value  of  the  latter  was  raised 
in  subsequent  statements  to  twenty-two  years'  purchase. 
In  1736  the  Barony  of  Earlston  was  bought  from  Lord 
Haddington  at  twenty-five  years'  purchase,  and  in  the 
same  year  the  superiority  of  some  subjects  in  Earlston  was 
acquired  at  twenty-one  and  a  half  years'  purchase.  The 
following  is  rather  a  curious  entry  in  relation  to  land 
purchase.  Baillie,  who  had  bought  the  estate  of  West- 
fauns  for  £2000,  afterwards  acquired  the  '  Snyp  Rights 
upon  it,'  for  £432,  4s.  7d.,  seeming  thus  to  indicate  that 
they  were  separable  possessions. 

These  balance-sheets  show  that  it  was  not  until  after 
the  Union  that  Baillie  began  to  save  money,  and  that 
these  savings  he  generally  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  land. 
His  first  balance-sheet  in  1693  shows  that  he  was  worth 
£8037  ;  his  last  in  1736  that  he  was  worth  £37,724. 

Although  it  does  not  fall  within  the  scope  of  this  paper  to 
treat  of  the  effects  which  the  Union  of  the  Parliaments  had 
upon  Scotland,  it  is  a  subject  which  naturally  bulks  largely 
in  the  study  of  the  career  of  George  Baillie.  In  his  own 
correspondence  we  learn  that  he  foresaw  much  of  what 
happened,  but  he  probably  did  not  see  one  effect,  that  is, 
the  injury  inflicted  upon  Scotland  through  the  practical 
removal  from  her  capital  of  such  men  as  Baillie  of  Jervis- 
wood and  his  father-in-law,  the  Earl  of  Marchmont.  They 
saw  no  sin  in  the  innocent  enjoyment  of  music,  singing,  and 
dancing.  We  have  already  noted  how  George  Baillie  got 
in  the  fiddlers  to  play  to  his  bairns,  and  Lady  Murray  gives 
the  following  delightful  picture  of  her  grandfather  :  c  As 
mirth  and  good  humour,  and  particularly  dancing,  had 
always  been  one  characteristic  of  the  family  when  so 


THE  RIGHT  HON.   PATRICK   HUME,   EARL  OF 
MARCIIMONT. 

(From  a  Portrait  at  Afellersfain. ) 


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many  of  us  were  met,  being  no  fewer  than  fourteen  of  his 
children  and  grandchildren,  we  had  a  dance.  He  was 
then  very  weak  in  his  limbs  and  could  not  walk  down- 
stairs, but  desired  to  be  carried  down  to  the  room  where 
we  were  to  see  us ;  which  he  did,  with  great  cheerfulness, 
saying,  "  Though  he  could  not  dance  with  us,  he  could  yet 
beat  time  with  his  foot,"  which  he  did,  and  bid  us  dance 
as  long  as  we  could  ;  that  it  was  the  best  medicine  he 
knew,  for  at  the  same  time  that  it  gave  exercise  to  the 
body,  it  cheered  the  mind.  At  his  usual  time  of  going  to 
bed  he  was  carried  upstairs  and  we  ceased  dancing  for 
fear  of  disturbing  him ;  but  he  soon  sent  to  bid  us  go  on, 
for  the  noise  and  music,  so  far  from  disturbing,  that  it 
would  lull  him  to  sleep.  He  had  no  notion  of  interrupting 
the  innocent  pleasures  of  others,  though  his  age  hindered 
him  to  partake  of  it.  His  exemplary  piety  and  goodness 
was  no  bar  to  his  mirth ;  and  he  often  used  to  say  none 
had  so  good  a  reason  to  be  merry  and  pleased  as  those 
that  loved  God  and  obeyed  his  commandments.'  1 

Both  of  these  men  were  prominent  Presbyterians,  who 
had  suffered  for  the  cause,  and  whose  principles  were 
beyond  suspicion.  They  were  powerful  socially,  they  were 
powerful  politically,  and  their  example,  and  the  example 
of  others  like  them,  might  have  done  at  least  a  little  to 
counteract  the  bigotry  and  despotism  of  the  Presbyterian 
ministers,  whose  influence  for  so  many  years  cast  a  shadow 
over  Scotland. 

The  Editor  begs  to  acknowledge  his  indebtedness  to 
some  notes  left  by  the  late  Mr.  Fitzroy  Bell,  into  whose 
experienced  hands  the  editing  of  Lady  Grisell's  papers 
had  been  entrusted,  but  whose  untimely  death  prevented 
him  from  making  more  than  a  beginning  of  what  would 


1  Lady  Murray's  Memoirs,  pp.  77,  78. 


lxxx  HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


have  been  to  him  a  most  congenial  task.  The  Editor's 
thanks  are  also  due  to  Dr.  Maitland  Thomson,  Mr.  A.  O. 
Curie,  Mr.  Mill  of  the  Signet  Library,  and  many  other 
friends,  for  much  valuable  help. 

He  also  feels  that  he  owes  an  apology  to  Lady  Grisell 
for  prying  into  books  which  were  never  meant  to  be  seen. 
If  Lady  Grisell  is  cognisant  of  what  goes  on  here,  she  is 
no  doubt  amazed,  amused,  and  annoyed  at  the  many 
wrong  deductions  which  have  been  drawn  from  the 
Accounts,  over  which  she  must  have  spent  so  much  time 
and  trouble,  and  which  she  must  have  thought  so  clear. 


THE  HOUSEHOLD   BOOK  OF 
LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Sundry  debursments,  1692  [Scots] 

Novr.  1st  To    David  Robison    vintner    as     £     s.  d. 

acount  and  pr  recept         .        .    122    0  0 
For  sevarall  things  from  Novr.  92  to 
1693  Aprill  1693       .        .        .        .     112  13  0 

Novr.  25  To  Coptain  Baillie  1  his  interist  from 

Lam.  91  to  Lam.  92  .        .        .    136    0  0 
To  said  Coptain  in  full  of  all  acct. 
betwixt  him  and  me  at  her  by  bill 
or  otherwise  except  what  he  has 
my  bond  for    .        .        .        .  1143  14  0 
To  a  glas  to  a  chariot  .        .  60    0  0 

To  payment  of  the  cess  for  the  year 

1693    398  12  2 

To  James  Gordon,  agent  for  the 
linin  2  manufactory  and  that  in 
full  payment  of  my  entry  for  ten 
shars  being  19s.  st.  per  share      .    114    0  0 
1693        To  James  Drumond  per  tiket        .    120    0  0 
Aprill  20  To  Robert  Baillie 3  of  Manerhall  . 

To  Alexr  Magill  in  full  payment  of 

a  horss  bought  from  him   .        .    116  16  0 
ditt.  To  Pockock,  barber     .        .  24    0  0 

May  2d  To  the  drums      .        .        .        .       4  16  0 
To  drink  mony  to  nurses      .        .      11  12  0 

1  James  Baillie,  captain  of  the  City  Guard,  uncle  of  George  Baillie. 

2  For  an  account  of  this  company,  see  '  Scottish  Industrial  Undertakings 
before  the  Union,'  Scottish  Historical  Review,  vol.  ii.  p.  53. 

3  George  Baillie's  cousin,  son  of  his  uncle,  George  Baillie  of  Manorhall, 
Peeblesshire. 


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[1693 


[Sundries] 

Dito  16  For  cariadges  to  Edinburgh  . 

For  taking  horses  out  of  Edinburgh 
Ditto  20  To  Chamber  rent  in  Mrs.  Hervies 

For  pistols  bought  by  my  brother 

Will  

To  the  colection  for  the  poor 

To  James  Baillie  given  out  by  him 

for  me  Sept.  25,  1691 
To  Georg  Clark  as  pr  bill  w*  the 
interest  therof  for  26  monethes 
being  64  lb.  14s. 
To    anuity  of   my   howss  from 
Whitsunday  92  to  Whit.  1693  . 
To  John  Hunter  the  cess  for  the 
terms  of  Whitsunday,  Lambis  and 
Mertimas  1693,  and  descharg'd 
for  all  precidings 
To  McKuloch  for  1  inning  a  room  in 
1694  the  top  of  Waristons  Land 

Febr.  4  To  Mr.  Will  Liviston  1  at  my  childs 
christining  .... 
March  18  To  Mr.  Will.  Vetch  minister  at 
Peebles  per  rect.  from  the  collector 
of  the  vacant  stipends  of  Meller- 
stens  stipen  1693 
Jun.  18  To  drinkmony  to  Mr.  Ch.  nurs 
August  1st  Taken  with  me  to  England  . 
Dito  15  For  streat  mony  and  poors  mony 
per  recept 
To  a  barber 

To  a  sclater  for  helping  the  howss 
Taken  to  the  country  and  given  out 
ther  .... 
Oct.  9  For  thirling  to  Mellarsteans  . 


[Scots] 
£    s.  d. 
8  18  0 

2  16  0 
86    2  0 

36  0 

3  0 


904  14  0 

12    0  0 

85    0  0 

40    0  0 

9    0  0 


400    0  0 

2  18  0 
948  16  0 

11    4  0 

1  16  0 

7    0  0 

-12    0  0 

3  14  0 


1  A  writer  in  Edinburgh,  who  appears  to  have  collected  the  fees  for 
various  Edinburgh  churches.  Sir  John  Eoulis  paid  his  fees  to  him  'when  I  gave 
up  our  names  to  be  proclaimed.' 


1695] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


[Sundries] 


[Scots] 


1695 


Jun. 


1695 


X? 
3J 

s. 

A 
U.. 

r  oi  neiprng  gias  winQows  i  /  s. 

f\ 

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1  / 

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j.  o  anuity  ior  tne  no wss  per  recep  t  . 

J  - 

U 

u 

X  V7-L     <At                        XXT-flll     JJO>i  l/V      \Jf  LkJOVJ  XL  IU 

vv  ais  tons    ouriaii,  ivirt. 

oU 

u 

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To  my  ant  Huchison  at  sevarell 

times      •        .        .        .  . 

u 

u 

For  baithing  in  Rees  bathing  hows 

lb 

U 

JC  UI  lldWbllt  Dl  £t  tl  UIlKa  dlllx  4  UUXca 

11  Dill  J-iUllU.Ull  .... 

ID 

U 

For    survayanc    mony    and.  to 

watters  ..... 

1 

Id 

u 

JLU    ctHL    Xltltt/IlliJtJIl    1     1U.         AD  L1J,C 

JDctllllD  111    tilt;  v^cllllgdiLc   y  lu.  • 

ID 

u 

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u 

±o  ivir.  jonn  vass 

on 

rv 

U 

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jt1  or  neiping  me  wd/ccii  .  . 

Q 
O 

u 

jlo  oornoegs  man  iu  merKs 

D 

1  Q 

lo 

4 

±o  ijreorg  lviosman  ior  dooks  . 

OU 

U 

JLU  Dllliglllg  ^UULlb  11U111  JUlctll  . 

q 

D 

n 
u 

To  Ton ti     m i  i~  n  tot*  TYiAr  pytiptippc  on 

X  v7  O  UHIl  OllllLll  1U1  my   CAJJCllUCo  \JLl 

LUC     Aliliyiloll     IvJULL,     WU.C11    A  talll 

1  o  c  i-      iVnm     T  ,nn  c\  on      wii~n  tnp 

ld>>3L>         XX  Will         JL_iVJlH_XVyll          VV  1  LXX  LllO 

Secretar2 ..... 

oU 

1U 

U 

l  o  ivir.  vv  atson  ior  a  Din  sent  to 

JuUllQUIl  tU  Ucllb            .             .  . 

f>  i  no 

u 

To  Georg  Clark  for  the  linin  manu- 

factory ..... 

lzU 

0 

U 

To  the  poll  of  my  famely 

oO 

0 

U 

To  expences  at  tinding  for  the  years 

1691,  1692,  1693,  and  1694 

73 

17 

0 

To  the  minister  of  Ersiltons  for  his 

stipon  1694  .... 

146 

13 

0 

To  Will.  Trotter,  scoolmaster  in 

Mellersteans  .... 

5 

0 

0 

To  James  Massie  scolmaster  in 

Mellerstains  .... 

10 

0 

0 

1  Frequently  mentioned  by  Sir  John  Foulis  as  one  of  his  companions. 

2  Mr.  Secretary  Johnston.    See  p.  286. 


4  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 

[Sundries] 
To  David  Hume  colecter  for  the  cess 
1694  and  1695  .... 
1695         To  Roger  Hoburn  by  receat  . 

Deer.  To  expences  at  fair  and  other  out- 
givins  for  years  allowed  to 

John  Wight  .... 
To  3  years  rent  allowed  to  Will. 

Brounlies,  etc.  .... 
To  mending  the  cross  . 
For  lousing  a  gun  was  panded 
To  the  Linin  manufactuary  for 

Smallits  recept 
To  cloath  for  Robert  Baillie  at  Kelso 
For  a  coch  howss  to  the  Berlyn 
To  Mosman  for  books 
G.P.  To  John  Hay  for  a  sword  to  Cap. 
Baillie  ..... 


[1695 
[Scots] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

572 

19 

8 

200 

0 

0 

186 

3 

0 

62 

8 

0 

O 

u 

1 

14 

0 

180 

0 

0 

40 

0 

0 

12 

18 

0 

40 

0 

0 

36 

0 

0 

9040  12  0 


Take  out  of  the 
third  pag  and 
this,  Cap.  Bail- 
lies,  mony  paid 
to  him  to  be 
taken  of  this    2184    8  0^ 

It.  More  the 
linin  manu- 
factory        .    414    0  0 

It.  More  mony 
payd  to  the 
minister       .    546  13  0 

It.  More  Lon- 
don jornay   .  3048    0  0 


There  remains  besid 

To  Holland  to  my  brothers 


sume  6193    0  0 


2847  12  0 
120    0  0 


Caried  to  page  13th  S.  2967  12  O 


1696]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


5 


Sundry  debursments.  1696. 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

January  1st  To  the  poor  per  recept 

4 

0 

0 

To  the  bathell  of  the  church 

1 

9 

0 

For  a  ring  w*  the  Quins  hair 

9 

0 

0 

For  glasing  the  forroom  window  . 

2 

8 

0 

To  Johnston  barber 

8 

8 

0 

Febr.  10  To  Ridpath  1  at  London 

24 

0 

0 

23  To  Mr.  Liviston  at  Rachis  christining 

5 

16 

0 

To,  the  bathell  of  the  church 

2 

4 

0 

To  charity  ..... 

4 

18 

0 

To  Ms.  Scot  midwife  . 

29 

0 

0 

To  Ms.  Hutchison 

11 

12 

0 

March  For  munting  3  swords 

6 

0 

0 

To  John  Hunter  my  cess  preceeding 

Whitt.  96  .... 

73 

0 

0 

To  John  Hunter  for  polmony  by  act 

of  parliment,  1695  for  my  whole 

famaly     .  . 

32 

7 

0 

To  charity  ..... 

3 

14 

0 

To  Ms.  Scot  midwife  . 

5 

16 

0 

Aprill  To  lairn  cookry  from  Mr.  Addison 

15 

12 

0 

To  Will  Johnston  for  books  . 

36 

0 

0 

To  Captain  Baillie  in  balance  of  ane 

acount  , 

217 

0 

0 

To  a  man  in  Gray  Frirs  for  keeping 

up  my  childs  grave 

i 
i 

Q 

tJ 

n 

iviay  iutn  j:  or  payment  01  tne  sess  01  tne  year 

1696         .  . 

93 

1 

6 

To  my  Ant  Hutchison  . 

12 

0 

0 

For  the  expence  of  fliting 

11 

0 

0 

To  Ms.  Guttary  .... 

3 

0 

0 

To  Hew  Brown  a  doller 

2 

18 

0 

1  George  Ridpath,  Whig  journalist,  published  a  system  of  shorthand,  wrote 
many  party  pamphlets  and  books,  was  obliged  to  fly  the  country  in  17 13  for  a 
series  of  articles  in  the  Flying  Post  and  Observator.  Lord  Grange  writing  of 
him  after  his  death  states  that  '  his  memory  is  not  savoury  here.  I 'm  sorry  he 
was  so  vile  for  he  once  did  good  service.'  Frequent  payments  are  made  to  him 
through  these  accounts,  and  he  is  often  mentioned  in  the  Jarviswood  Corre- 
spondence. 


6 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1696 


1  W  n  y"i /~i  y»i  0  0  1 
IkjUIlQIlCb  J 

[Scots] 

o 

s. 

a. 

JD  OI  III aWIHg  LIlc  UlcWIlUWac  —  1U.  o,  4p 

OUI1CC  M1K.  dllU.  LWlbLlIlg         .  . 

8 

16 

0 

July 

J.O  LI1C   VVdbL  v^IlUlCIl  ... 

20 

3 

0 

jlo  ine  loss  oi  mony  oy  crying  qouii 

5 

12 

0 

For  8  monethes  sess  per  recept 

Job 

18 

10 

Tnlv  1  Q 

0  my  iy 

JLU  III j    JLlilldy    UU   LIIC  JDdLIl      .  . 

1  AAQ 

9 

u 

r  1  ^ /-\  S/inrpQ  Ifl  1  r\Qinf  or  1  f\  rl      1  ovc 

1U  OLUgdlU,     pdlllLCl   1U  UUHclo  • 

29 

0 

0 

To  expences  at  the  fairs  July  96  . 

4 

4 

0 

ilgUSt  1Z 

To  Grisies  dancing  master  for  3 

monthes  .... 

20 

12 

0 

To  Scugald  painter 

68 

8 

0 

To  paper,  pen  and  ink  10s. 

0 

10 

0 

To  the  poor  at  Greenlaw  Church  . 

4 

10 

0 

10    severan   nuie   tnmgs   m  tne 

UUU.I1L1  V       •              .              .              .  . 

o 
O 

4 

0 

To  Robert  Young  clark  to  the  court 

U 

y) 

To  the  scolmaster 

1U 

0 

0 

Octr.  1st 

To  Scugald  for  2  pictors  and  frames 
To  James  Borthick  for  the  poor  per 

74 

8 

0 

recept  ..... 

4 

o 

- 

r\ 
U 

Novr.  10th  To  Grises  reading  master  for  a 

quarter 

2 

lo 

U 

To  5  monethes  cess  per  recept  Lamb 

and  Merts.  96  ... 

162 

17 

8 

To  the  contrabusion  for  the  fire  in 

the  Caningate  .... 

11 

o 
o 

U 

For  expence  at  the  fair  Oct.  96,  4lb. 

8,  expence  at  tinding  96,  lllb.  8s. 

15 

16 

0 

To  acount  of  expences  in  going  to 

head  courts  and  w*  cess  etc. 

2 

4 

0 

To  the  linin  manufactary 

120 

0 

0 

For  repairing  of  Mellerstean  mill  kill 

and  howses  .... 

556 

12 

2 

To  James  Drumond  by  Ms.  Hutchi- 

son 8  doll  .... 

23 

4 

0 

S.  490  £. 


1  See  p.  xxvi. 


1701]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  7 


Edenburgh,  1701.    Sundry  expences.    Deb.  to  Cash. 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  big  Bible  and  velvit  pock  . 

18 

0 

0 

For    drinkmony   2    li.  18.  more 

3  li  

5  16[sic] 

For  writing  a  paper,  14 

0 

14 

0 

For  poket  ..... 

1 

0 

0 

For  bearing  rains  to  the  coch  and 

helphing  her  .... 

2 

10 

0 

For  7  ounce  white  threed  3  li  10  . 

3 

10 

0 

To  the  church  bathel  . 

2 

18 

0 

For  pins  19s.  for  a  horn  comb  6s.  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  pictors  in  full  of  all  I  owed 

Scugald  to  this  day  . 

96 

0 

0 

To  poket  ..... 

1 

0 

0 

For  Grisies  dancing  a  mounth  with 

the  Franch  man 

14 

4 

0 

For  Robert  Youngs  sallary  this  year 

6 

0 

0 

For  a  bridle  and  2  curpils 

1 

17 

0 

For  a  cariadge  to  Mellersteans 

1 

0 

0 

For  blooding  given  Georg  Kirton  . 

5 

16 

0 

For  poket  ..... 

11 

12 

0 

For   pamphlits   4s.     Grisies  ball 

mony  1  li.  9  s  . 

1 

13 

0 

For  cuping  given  Georg  Kirton 

5 

16 

0 

For  a  thresher  21  day  without  meat 

12 

6 

0 

For  yron  to  the  horss  1  ti.  helping 

the  barndoors  2  li.  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  hansels  in  January 

23 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Knox  for  head  bathes 

12 

0 

0 

To  Georg  Kirton  which  pays  him  his 

account  in  full  till  January  1700. 

76 

0 

0 

For  the  rent  of  our  loft  in  Tolbuth 

Church  from  Whitsunday  1700  to 

Whitsunday  1701  year 

18 

0 

0 

To  nurses  5  li  16s.  to  a  barber  to  a 

nurses  3  li.  4s.  . 

9 

14 

6 

To  the  poor  Aprill  last 

36 

0 

0 

8 


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[1701 


[Sundries] 

[Scots] 

tor  sweet  powder  £2,  coch  hires 

£ 

s. 

d. 

18s.  6d.,  and  mending  the  coch 

Hi  4s  

4 

2 

6 

To  Porterfield  to  perfite  Rachy  in 

reading    .        .              .  . 

18 

0 

0 

For  Grisies  quarter  with  Crumbin  . 

19 

7 

0 

For  ane  express  to  Dunglas  2  li  8s. 

nails  6s.  rubarb  9s.  . 

3 

13 

0 

For  12  clouts  to  the  cock  1  11  4s. 

booking  the  mairs  6s. 

1 

10 

0 

tt\       ill'                    *  n            •        j          •!  i 

h  or  the  bairenes  milks  going  to  with 

[sic]  ther  scooll 

2 

18 

0 

For  shoes  to  a  horss  8s.  to  sevarall 

outgiving  by  James  Carrin  3  li  8 

3 

16 

0 

To  poket  14s.  6d.  more  6s.  . 

1 

1 

0 

For  puting  up  the  park  dicks  of 

TT            •                     "I*          PIT          P        "1 1 

Jernswood  m  lull  01  all 

9 

3 

4 

For  lime  to  the  dick  barn 

2 

0 

0 

r  or  a  ledger  book  5  11 10  s.  tor  sherp- 

ing  the  milne  3li. 

8 

10 

0 

To  the  clarks  for  the  rights  of  Ballan 

crief 

4 

7 

0 

For  books  ...... 

23 

0 

0 

July  8  For  dreg  staf  cluting  and  grising  the 

coach  ..... 

1 

16 

0 

For  wire  and  rings  to  the  coch,  16s. 

for  lokes  to  doors,  1 11  9s.  . 

2 

5 

0 

For  tows,  10  fadour,  10s.  a  smith 

for  work  1  li.  lis. 

2 

1 

0 

For  a  horss  to  Ballancrieff  1  li  16s. 

1 

16 

0 

"Wl                  1            1       /-v    x*           1            1       •«     X*    lit  • 

For  a  book  2  li  a  book  1  li  letters  in 

England  7  li  4s. 

10 

4 

0 

For  snuf  boxes  3  li  12s.    For  pins 

and  knitins  1  li  10  . 

5 

2 

0 

For  a  horss  cumb  and  brush 

1 

8 

0 

For  horss  hires  to  Edinburgh 

300 

0 

0 

Octob.  1st  For  lead  to  the  doors 

0 

6 

0 

For  tows  to  the  stair  of  Mellersteans 

0 

16 

0 

37oi]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


9 


[Sundries]  [Scots] 

£    s.  d. 


For  wax  and  wafers 

0 

15 

2 

For  a  comb  and  spung 

0 

9 

0 

For  a  colt  helter 

0 

14 

0 

For  3  bridles  to  water  the  horss 

2 

8 

0 

For  helping  the  coach  at  Lidgert- 

wood 

For  a  blade  and  2  scaburts  to  a 

sword  ..... 

4 

16 

0 

For  severall  little  things  at  the  fair 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  sett  of  new  coch  whiles  G.P. 

60£ 

For  4  cariadges  from  Edenburgh  . 

6 

0 

0 

For  caring  clogbags  and  other  things 

from  Thorontonbridge  and  New- 

castle  to  Mallersteans 

13 

4 

0 

For  cariadges  by  Munga  Brounlies 

all  cleard 

9 

19 

0 

For  expences  at  the  2  fairs  with 

drumers,  etc.    .        .        .  . 

7 

7 

0 

For  2  sives  and  2  ridles  1  ti  10s. 

suples  8s.  .... 

1 

18 

0 

For  expence  of  selling  20  bolls  oats 

1 

6 

0 

To  James  Massie  his  salarie  for  this 

year  ..... 

10 

0 

0 

For  a  carte  bought  at  Mellersteans 

o 

with  all  that  belonges  to  it 

48 

0 

0 

For  Brounlies  howse  rent  6  li  13s.  4d. 

ane  emty  hows  6  li  13s.  4d. 

13 

6 

8 

To  Ms.  Hume  of  Bogend 

11 

2 

o 

For  suples  12s.  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  the  head  court  at  Kelso 

0 

10 

0 

For  young  trees  from  Hundalie 

2 

0 

0 

To  the  poor  at  Mellersteans  2  bols 

4  f[irlots]  2  p[ecks]  oats  at  5£  per 

boll         .        .        .        .  . 

14 

10 

0 

For  biging   Thomas  Leadhowse's 

stable 

82 

0 

0 

10 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1701: 


[Sundries] 

[Scots] 

Tl             T     1            TTTT*     1    J                11  il 

r or  John  Wights  sallary  the  year 

£ 

s. 

d. 

1700  ..... 

40 

0 

0 

lo  Androw  Lamb 

0 

14 

6 

lo  the  contrabusion  tor  the  burning 1 

13 

0 

0 

lo  Crombm  tor  a  quarter  to  Grisie 

17 

8 

0 

lo  my  Ant  Erne  1 

5 

16 

0 

For  hering  to  Mr.  Johnston 

31 

12 

0 

*or  painting  the  chariot 

0 
0 

12 

0 

For  the  cochmans  seat  4  li  helping 

harnis  2  li  2s  • 

6 

2 

0 

lor  plush  to  J.  Kamalds 

11 

0 

0 

To  Androw  Lamb 

0 

14 

0 

To  Stewarts  nurs 

2 

18 

0 

"171                           «    •                ■««■    11          .  ■ 

For    repairing    Mallersten  tower 

given  out  this  year  as  by  par- 

ticuiar  accumpts       .        .  . 

767 

18 

4 

For  2  poks  to  bibles  10s. 

0 

10 

0 

For  a  pad  sadle  and  furnitur  25  li.  4s. 

2  huntin  stoks  20  li. 

45 

4 

0 

For  feu  duty  at  Jeriswood  to  account 

of  bygans  .... 

15 

13 

0 

S. 1700  11  6 
..... 

Edenburgh,  January  1702.    Sundry  Expences,  Deb. 

to  Cash. 


To  the  bathell  in  the  church 

2 

18 

0 

To  Adam  Marchell 

2 

14 

6 

To  my  brother  Archibald 

1 

9 

0 

For  a  window  in  the  little  closit 

0 

10 

0 

For  Grisies  ball  mony  . 

1 

9 

0 

To  Grisies  singing  master  Krenberg 

14 

4 

0 

For  helping  the  coach  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  Shaws  to  Dina  Ridpath  . 

1 

9 

0 

To  Mr.  Mitchell  .... 

0 

14 

6- 

1  Fire  in  Lawnmarket,  28  October  1701. — Foulis  Accounts. 

2  Youngest  daughter  of  Lord  Wariston.    Died  unmarried  in  17 15. 


1702]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  11 


[Sundries] 
23  To  Georg  Kirton  to  accumpt  upon 

his  letter  .... 
To  Grisies  Candlesmas  mony 
For  lace  to  shirt  hand 
For  siringing  the  ears 
To  Docter  Sincklair  for  Rachy 
To  Breastmills  mans  weding 
To  a  horss  hire  payd  for  James 

Baillie  ..... 
For  caring  our  clogbag  to  New 

castle  payd  by  Breastmille 
Febr.  For  books  bought  by  Mr.  Knox 
28  For  the  Acts  of  the  Assembly  got 

from  Mosman 
For  Grisies  singing  to  Mr.  Krenbei 
For  Grisies  singing  book 
For  James  Latie  the  measons 

coming  to  town 
March  8  For  a  diamond  ring 

To  2  nurses  Cavers1and  Mrs.Wather 

burns  2 
To  Charly  Hume 
To  Grisies  nurs  for  lint  sead 
To  Doct[or]  S.  Christining  £2  18s.  to 

his  nurs  2£  18s. 
To  P.3  Sabath  12  Aprill 
For  puting  one  a  new  plate  on  the 

coch  and  new  clouts 
To  Robert  Young  clark  his  salary 

for  this  year 
To  James  Massie  schoollmaster  his 

salarie  for  this  year  . 
May  For  letters  from  London 
To  Docter  Sincklair 
To  Hellin  Garner 


[Scots] 

x> 

o 
o. 

A 
LI. 

21 

6 

0 

o 
-i 

A 
\J 

2 

12 

6 

3 

0 

0 

AO 

Q 
O 

o 

M 

2 

18 

0 

1 

16 

a 

2 

18 

0 

34 

0 

0 

6 

6 

0 

7 

8 

0 

1 

9 

0 

0 

14 

6 

63 

5 

a 

5 

16 

0 

7 

0 

18 

0 

5 

16 

0 

6 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

17 

8 

0 

4 

7 

a 

1  Cavers,  the  seat  of  the  Kers. 

2  Mrs.  Hume  of  Wedderburn. 

3  To  pocket. 


Lady  Grisell's  mother  was  a  Ker  of  Cavers. 


12 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


[Sundries]  [Scots] 

£    s.  d. 

To  drink  mony  at  Polwart 1  .        .  2  18  0 

To  Marth  Black  lost  of  rent  .  .  13  12  6 
To  Munga  Brunlies  fathers  howse 

and  ane  emty  howse         .        .  13    6  8 
For  a  pair  new  Wings  and  helping- 
all  the  coch      .        .        .        .  5    8  0 
For  a  new  poll  £3  mending  the  ax- 
tree  10s.           .        .        .        .  3  10  0 
To  Thomas  Bell  .        .        .  29    0  0 
20  For  a  siging  book  to  Grisie  .        .  19  0 
To  Thomas  Bell  .        .        .        .  2    0  0 
To  Will  Simson  in  Lanark  bate  of 

his  rent   12  10  0 

1  day     To  Mr.  Kramberg,  Grisells  singing 

master  for  the  mounth  past       .  7    8  0 
ditto     To  Mr.  Crumbin  Grisies  playing 
master  for  a  quarter  past  6  dollers 

and  a  doller  for  tuning      .  20    6  0 

9  To  Docter  Sincklair      .        .  18    0  0 
For  letters  15s.  more  5s.  more  £l  13s. 

more  £l  16  10          .        .        .  4    9  0 

To  the  bairnes  to  goe  to  a  bridle  .  5    0  0 

To  Rachys  ball  and  Grisies           .  2  19  0 

To  Rachys  dancing  master  .  .  8  14  0 
For  a  stra  hat  to  Grisies  ball  10s. 

gloves  to  them  £l  12         .        .  2    2  0 
To  Sutherlands  man  £l  9s.  cheries 

at  the  ball  10s.         .        .        .  1  19  0 

For  new  tops  to  the  coach  .  .  4  16  0 
To  St.  Andras  Colledg  given  Mr. 

Pringle    .        .        .        .  14    4  0 

To  Grisie  to  goe  to  a  consert        .  0  14  6 

To  Stewarts  nurs  and  christining  .  10    0  0 
June  30  To  Mr.  Crumbin  for  a  month  to 

Grisie   7    8  0 


1  Polwarth,  the  village  adjoining  Redbraes,  the  seat  of  the  Earl  of  March- 
mont,  frequently  used  as  denoting  Redbraes  in  these  accounts. 


1702]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  13 


[Sundries] 


[Scots] 


August  6 


Octo  29 


£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Crumbin  for  a  book 

1 

4 

0 

To  my  Lord  Collinton  1  for  his  rent 

at  Whitsunday  1702  and  all  pre- 

cidings  clear' d  .... 

366 

13 

4 

To  Rachys  dancing  master  . 

8 

14 

0 

To  the  rent  of  the  loft  in  the  church 

18 

0 

0 

To  Lith  contrabution  . 

11 

2 

0 

To  a  consurt  fro  Grisie 

1 

9 

0 

To  a  coller  to  Grisie 

1 

6 

0 

To  brother Androw's2  childs  christin- 

ing  

5 

16 

0 

To  Captain  Burck  the  yrish  man  . 

2 

0 

0 

For  repairing  John  Wights  dwelling 

howse  .... 

21 

10 

0 

To  puting  up  James  Ormistons  cott 

howse  ..... 

2 

8 

0 

For  mending  the  pinits  at  Meller- 

steans  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  bible  to  Gris  £l  7s.  mending 

coch  bridles  6s.  ... 

1 

13 

0 

For  a  little  Galaway 

26 

0 

0 

For  letters  £l  6s.  2  nurses  £5  16., 

letters  £l  16s.  14s.  wath  helping 

£2  

11 

12 

0 

For  letters  £l  6s.  5  £l  15s.  6s.  5  . 

3 

17 

0 

For  sevarell  things  spent  at  the  fair 

10 

0 

0 

For  yron  bought  at  Fairs  . 

3 

14 

o 

To  a  garner  for  seeds  £l  9s.  For 

mending  a  coat  house 

3 

5 

0 

To  Androw  Lamb  given  him  for 

service  ..... 

22 

0 

0 

To  the  pip  and  drum  £2  16s.  Drink  - 

mony  Green  .... 

5 

14 

0 

1  Sir  James  Foulis  of  Colinton,  raised  to  the  Bench  as  Lord  Colinton.  It  was 
he  who  offered  to  prove  the  authenticity  of  the  petitions  to  Parliament  against 
the  Union  by  bringing  the  Petitioners  themselves,  which  was  the  last  thing  the 
Government  wanted.  2  See  p.  27. 


14 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


[Sundries]  [Scots] 
To  pip  and  drum  £2  16s.  for  mend-      £    s.  d. 

ing  my  watches  £2  8.        .        .        5    4  0 
To  drink  mony  £2  18s.  letters  £l 

more  10s.         .        .        .        .       4    8  0 
To  a  rami  £14  4s.  Haburn  14s.  6d. 

Ms.  Muir  £1  9s.        .        .  16    7  6 

To  the  domany  in  Mellersteans  3 

bolls  oats         .        .        .  13  10  0 

Novr.  20  To  Grisis  singing  master  Cremberg 

£7  8  Brun  for  arthmetick  £12     .      19    8  0 
To  Franch  dancing  master  for  Gris: 

and  Rach  17  12  0 

For  a  flute  £6  a  quarter  with  Crum- 

bin  6 J  doll  25    1  0 

Deer.  30  To  Mr.  Knox  for  books        .  26    0  0 

To  James  Massi  this  year     .        .      15    0  0 


S.1148  17  6 


Edenburgh,  January  1707.    Sundry  Accounts. 
Deb.  to  Cash. 


For  mounthes  at  the  violl  to  Grisie 

with  Sinckolum 

12 

0 

0 

For  mending  her  violl 

2 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  G.  B.  nurse 

2 

18 

0 

For  letters  £2  10s.,  6s.,  7s.,  £4  4s„ 

£2  lis.,  lis.,  5s.,  7s.  . 

11 

1 

0 

To  Thomson  writting  master  for 

Rachy  one  mounth  .        .  . 

2 

18 

0 

For  chair  heir  14s.  6d.,  £3  Is.,  £l  12s., 

7s  

5 

14 

0 

To  Montroses  nurs  £3  5s.,  Marrs 

£2  18,  Marrs  £2  18s. 

9 

1 

0 

For  Defos   book 1   £l    10s.  gune 

powder  14s. 

2 

4 

0 

1  Defoe's  book  in  support  of  the  Union. 


i7oy]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  15 


[Sundries] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Docter  St.  Clair  for  Grisie 

28 

8 

0 

To    drinkmony    in    a    shipe  by 

Grisie  ..... 

1 

9 

0 

For  servants  drinkmony  at  Lesly  1 

14 

14 

0 

To  John  Steall  singing  master,  for  2 

mounthes  to  Grisie  . 

24 

0 

0 

To   a   raffile   for    herpsicords  by 

Grisie  ..... 

14 

4 

0 

For  gunn  puder  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  shoeing  horses  by  lam  Youll  . 

2 

0 

0 

To  drinkmony  at  Kinross  2  £2  18, 

4  horses  3  servants  2  nights 

6 

18 

0 

To  drinkmony  at  Dupplin  3  a  fourt- 

night  ..... 

9 

0 

0 

To  drinkmony  at  Lesly  £3  18,  4 

hors,  3  servants  2  nights  £3  12  . 

7 

10 

0 

For  crosing  Quensferry  £l  4s.  crosing 

from  Kingoren  £2  12s. 

3 

16 

0 

For  vizicater  plasters  14s. 

0 

14 

0 

To  Thomas  Bellsson  £l  9s.  . 

1 

9 

0 

To  a  man  to  goe  to  Rickerton  4  twise 

16s  

0 

16 

0 

For  paper  9s.  9s.  was  [sic]  8s.  gilt 

paper  9s.  wax  6s. 

2 

1 

0 

For  mending  sadle  graith  £2  7s. 

2 

7 

0 

To  hoboys  £l  9s.  drinkmony  6s.  Ms. 

Carr  £2  18s  

4 

13 

0 

To  the  bairens  po:  £3  3s.  Is.  8d. 

3 

4 

8 

For  drinkmony  at  the  Reath  5 

3 

12 

6 

To  May  Minzies  to  buy  gloves 

1 

16 

0 

For  J  whit  satin  for  the  bairenses 

satin  pice  .... 

1 

2 

6 

1  Seat  of  the  Earl  of  Rothes. 

2  The  residence  of  the  Earl  of  Morton  or  of  John  Bruce  of  Kinross. 

3  Seat  of  Earl  of  Kinnoull. 

4  Probably  Riccarton  near  Edinburgh,  the  seat  of  Robert  Craig,  advocate. 

5  Seat  of  the  Earl  of  Melville. 


16 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries]  [Scots] 


For  silks  to  it  6s.  nails  threed  to  the 

o 
JL 

s. 

d. 

tent  Is.  ..... 

U 

7 

M 

For  silk  to  make  a  purs  and  strings, 

loS.  ..... 

0 

lo 

0 

lo  JLa:  Marrs  lootman  10s.  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  drinkmony  twise  at  Cather 

House  and  groom 

7 

5 

0 

For  Londan  journay  in  his  poket 

April  1st  50  guinys  .        .  . 

710 

0 

0 

For  to  answer  bills  to  London  £103 

str.  more  .... 

b97 

0 

0 

To  the  Docters  Pitcarin,1  Dundas,2 

bt.  Llair,  JbJailie 

170 

o 

O 

rv 
l> 

To  Baillie  for  3s.  blooding  and  to  his 

man  ..... 

21 

15 

0 

10  ivis.  Jtianwaii  xl  izs.  oa.  iamo 

10s.  Monros  lad  10s. 

1 

1  o 
LA 

o 

For  tickets  to  Steals  consurt 

7 

sy 
L 

For  nails  to  the  coch  £l  17s.  oyl  to 

chair  14s.  6      .        .        .  . 

11 

O 

To  new  traces  and  other  things  to 

the  traveling   coach  got  from 

Brutherstons  last  year 

on 
oU 

u 

fi 
1/ 

For  a  new  male  pillion  12s.  girthes 

and  mendnig  the  sadles  when  I 

went  to  Dupplin 

2 

2 

D 

lo  poket  May  lotn 

10 

10 

O 

*  or  a  handcurcher  to  May  Minzies 

1 

9 

0 

To  Crumbin  for  a  quarter  throwgh 

bass  to  Grisie  2  guinys 

25 

16 

0 

To  the  Marques  of  Tweddels  groome 

for  the  coch  mares  . 

5 

16 

0 

For  letters  10s.  10s.  10s.  5s.  paper 

18s  

2 

13 

0 

1  The  famous  Dr.  Archibald  Pitcarne,  physician  and  poet. 

2  Dr.  Alexander  Dundas,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians, 
Edinburgh. 

:!  See  p.  256. 


1707]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


IT 


[Sundries] 

May  To  chair  man  £l  10s.,  16s.,  14s.  6d. 
For  mending  window  in  pairt  of 
Collintons  rent 
June  6    For  3   mounthes   writting  Rachy 
with    Thomson    and    12s.  for 


July  2 


[Scots] 
£    s.  d. 

2  0  6 

3  11  0 


pens  ..... 

9 

6 

0 

For  letters  10s.  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  dresing  the  garden,  to  Wear  in 

Hariots  work  .... 

6 

0 

0 

For  2  mounth  to  Grisie  with  St. 

Culume  on  the  vyoll,  etc.  . 

15 

3 

0 

For  a  Bible  to  John  Harla  £l  10  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  covers  to  books  15s.  wafers 

2s.  4d.  poket  6s. 

1 

3 

4 

For  mending  Grisies  watch  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  lock  to  the  childrens  room  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  ane  express  from  Edinburgh, 

£2  8s  

2 

8 

0 

For   Androw   Lams   expences  at 

Langsha,  etc.  .... 

1 

0 

0 

To  Tarn  Youls  weding  . 

3 

14 

6 

To  drinkmony  at  Boughtrige,  etc. 

3 

T 

0 

For  letters  pay'd  by  Ms.  Monro 

8 

8 

0 

For  ane  express  to  Mellerstaines 

sent  by  Kersland  1  . 

2 

4 

0 

To  P.  at  Earleston,  July 

36 

0 

0 

To  poket  £1  10s  

1 

10 

0 

To  the  fair  18s  

0 

18 

0 

For  John  Brouns  house 

6 

13 

4 

To  Widow  Yellas 

3 

16 

0 

To  John  Boe  for  puting  us  [?  up]  his 

house      .        .        .  . 

2 

0 

0 

For  Androw  Brownlies  house  rent 

6 

13 

4 

1  John  Ker  of  Kersland,  Ayrshire.  The  head  of  the  Cameronian  party.  He 
intrigued  with  both  Whigs  and  Jacobites,  and  was  no  better  than  a  government 
spy.  At  this  time  he  was  willing  to  sell  his  influence  either  for  or  against  the 
Union  as  might  best  pay  him. 

\\ 


18  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 

[Sundries] 
For  puting  up  Androw  Brownlies's 

house  in  pairt  .... 
For  mending  the  coch  harnis  by 

Androw  Dods  .... 
For  ane  express  to  Grange  Muir  1  to 

Rob:  Baillie  .... 
To  a  Councell  post 
Aug.  26  For  letters  payd  by  Ms.  Monro 
To  Grisie  Monro 


Lady  G.  Baillie. 

For  lodging  2  nights  in  the  Banio 

and  4  times  bathing  . 
For  drinkmony  £3  4s.  drink,  etc.  . 
For  chairs  ..... 
To  Mr.  Knox  apothicars  account  . 
For  silks  for  the  childrens  satine 

pice  Ms.  Miller 
For  helping  the  nurses  house  payd 

a  wright  in  Fanns 
To  Ann  Faa  12s. 
To  Docter  Pitcarn  3  guinys 
To  Docter  Dundas  3  guinys 
To  John  Baillie  one  guiny 
To  Francy  Easton  for  blooding 
To  a  coach  to  Edinburgh  12sh.  6d. 
To  Docter  Dundas's  man 
To  drinkmony  at  Cather 
For  a  horse  to  Cather  . 
Sepr.  12  To  Do.  Abernathy  2   guinys  at 

21s.  6d  

14  To  Doc.  Abernathy  a  guiny 

To  Telfoord,  cherurgione,  2  guinys 
For  3  snuf  milnes  £4  . 


[1707 
[Scots] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

6 

8 

0 

10 

0 

1 

16 

0 

0 

14 

6 

2 

2 

0 

1 

10 

0 

14 

8 

0 

2 

8 

0 

1 

9 

0 

46 

0 

0 

3 

12 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

38 

14 

0 

38 

14 

0 

12 

18 

0 

2 

18 

0 

7 

10 

0 

2 

0 

0 

5 

16 

0 

1 

4 

0 

25 

16 

0 

12 

18 

0 

25 

16 

0 

4 

8 

0 

Seat  of  George  Baillie's  brother-in-law. 


1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


19 


[Sundries]  [Scots] 
To  Rob.  Hope  £3,  docters  man      £    s.  d. 

£1  10       .        .        .        .        .       4  10  0 
Sep.  27   To  Docter  Abernathy  a  jacobos  and 

a  guiny  28  10  0 

To  all  expences  of  puting  up  the  loft 

in  Erilston  Church    .        .        .    166    0  0 
For  puting  up  the  uter  cattle  rack 

etc.  in  the  house  by  James  Blakie       6    0  0 
For  shoeing  the  horss  at  Mellersteans 

by  Pate  Newton  from  Sep.  23, 

1706,  to  Sep.  29,  1707       .  13    4  0 

To  James  Duncon  in  Kelso  payd  by 

Pat  Newton  14  years  agoe         .        2    0  0 
Sep.  29   To  Troter  in  Kelso  for  mending 

sadles  3  14  0 

Ditto    To  Pringle  in  Kelso  cherurgion  his 

account   .        .        .        .  23    0  0 

For  a  good  strong  bridle  £l  2s.  for 

head  steels,  etc.  £l  12s.     .        .       2  14  0 
For  letters  payd  Ms.  Monro  when  I 

went  away       .        .        .        .       1  10  0 
Sep.  30  For  yron  to  shoe  the  horses  since 

Sep.  30,  1706    .        .        .        .        6  14  0 
For  paper  10s.  tows  for  the  box  with 

plate,  etc  0  17  6 

For  cariing  2  cariages  and  a  clogbag 

to  Newcastle    .        .        .  12    0  0 

For  Coltcrooks  vicarage  1706  paid 

Mr.  Gowdy      .        .        .  10    0  0 

For   repairing   Androw  Brounlies 

house  4000  divids  £2  8s.    .        .       2    8  0 
To  expence  last  winter  by  Androw 

Lamb  9  14  6 

For  hay  rakes  18  :  suples  9s.  mend- 
ing stable  door         .        .        .       1  18  0 
To  pip  and  drum,  July  fair  .        .       2  18  0 
To  Androw  Brounlies  house  puting 

up  6  13  4 


20 


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[Sundries]  [Scots] 


Sep.  31 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  Rob.  Dods  house  . 

3 

0 

0 

To  Androw  Lam  3  akers  land 

40 

0 

0 

To  loss  on  Georg  Trumbles  house 

3  years  rent  .... 

24 

0 

0 

To  the  nurss  house  rent 

3 

13 

4 

For  puting  up  the  Hall  House  pay'd 

out  for  Widow  Wight 

8 

12 

0 

To  James  Massy  scoolmaster  in 

Mellerstams  his  sallary  payable  at 

Martimas  1707 

10 

0 

0 

To  James  Miller,  glazer,  for  a  years 

at  Mellerstains  .... 

4 

18 

0 

To  Ms.  Mean  .... 

1 

9 

0 

Jbor  a  pair  sods  to  Docter  St.  Clairs 

lady  

1 

16 

0 

lo  John  Jbrazar  he  gave  out  at 

London  ..... 

6 

0 

0 

To  Pegie  M'Kinzie  £6  14s.  . 

6 

14 

0 

To  Isabell  Hippo 

2 

0 

0 

lo  King,  coachmaker,  tor  helping 

8 

0 

0 

the  chariot  the  money  sent  to 

Edinburgh  by  Francis  Newton 

For  letters  £l  10s.  £2  10  paid  Francy 

Newton  in  full 

4 

0 

0 

lo  lam  Kobisone  m  a  year  keeping 

up  the  Park  2  fous  bea[njs 

2 

0 

0 

For  binding  books  to  the  ministers 

3 

14 

0 

For  Acks  of  Parhment 

2 

0 

0 

For  the  news  £l  paper  £l  14s.  more 

17s  

3 

11 

0 

For  rubans  to  Peggy  M'Kinzy 

5 

15 

6 

For  binding  the  operas  14s. 

0 

14 

0 

For  shoeing  the  horse  chariot  rent 

etc.  payd  to  Barty  Gibson  in  full 

of  all  accounts 

54 

0 

0 

The  last  Scots  Parliament  met  on  this  day. 


1710] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


21 


[Sundries] 

[Scots] 

To  John  Baillie,  cherurgion,  for 

£ 

s. 

d. 

drogs  from                to  October 

3d,  1707  .... 

158 

0 

0 

To  Docter  Trotter 

12 

18 

0 

To  drinkmony  at  Polwarth  1 

2 

18 

0 

To   the   pip   and   drum   at  this 

moneths  fair  .... 

2 

18 

0 

To  Mr.   Gowdy  the  vicarage  of 

Coltcrooks  this  year 

10 

0 

o 

For  repairing  Mellerstaine  Tour  and 

other  work  there 

241 

19 

2 

3386 

6 

8 

Take  out  the  London  j  ourney 

1607 

0 

0 

S. 

1779 

6 

8 

Mellerstaines,  January  1710.    Sundry  Accounts. 
Deb.  to  Cash. 

[Sterling] 

To  Ms.  Rume  2  for  9  weeks  and  5 


nights  chamber  rent  at  3sh.  4d. 


per  night  and  drinkmony 

11 

17 

2 

For  coch  and  chaire  hire  at  Edin- 

burgh in  abovesaid  time  . 

1 

2 

0 

For  drinkmony  at  severall  places 

and  to  nurses  .... 

2 

6 

8 

For  compases  to  Grisie 

0 

2 

6 

To  Mr.  Crombine  half  a  moneth 

0 

10 

0 

To  Mr.  M'Gie  for  teaching  Grisie 

geographie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

For  tickets  to  consorts  7s.  raffles 

£1  10s.  . 

1 

17 

0 

For  writting  paper  and  letters 

0 

11 

0 

See  p.  12. 


2  See  p.  xxxviii. 


22 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1710 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


May  29 


£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Robert  Morton  and  Ms.  Riddle 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  Lady  Mannerhall 1  when  her 

son  died  ..... 

1 

0 

0 

To  John  Baillie  surgeon  in  full  of  all 

accounts  ..... 

2 

2 

3 

To  a  man  from  Edinburgh  to  tune 

the  spinits  and  virginells  . 

0 

15 

6 

For  boat  fraught  at  Rutherfoord  2  . 

0 

2 

0 

To  Doct.  Abernathys  man  . 

0 

1 

0 

To  Piter  Brown  for  measuring  of 

land  2  days 

0 

5 

0 

For  letters  ..... 

0 

2 

6 

For  drinkmony  at  the  Hirsill  3  nurs 

10s.  9d.  house  6s. 

0 

16 

9 

For  powder  and  lied 

0 

2 

0 

For  drinkmony  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  Spaw  watter 

5 

11 

2 

For  letters  ..... 

0 

5 

6 

To  Docter  Gibson 

1 

1 

6 

For  drinkmony  at  sundry  times 

0 

18 

0 

To  Docter  Abernathys  nurs 

0 

5 

0 

For  yron  for  uses  in  the  house 

0 

3 

0 

To  the  Marques  of  Tweddels  groom 

half  a  guiny  .... 

0 

10 

9 

To  the  two  servants  caried  over  the 

4  mares  4  days 

0 

4 

0 

For  the  cariages  of  two  boxes  from 

London  ..... 

1 

6 

2 

For  bringing  my  letters  from  Ber- 

wick ..... 

0 

8 

0 

For  letters  5d.  lOd. 

0 

1 

3 

1  George  Baillie's  aunt  by  marriage. 

a  A  ferry  across  Tweed  at  the  old  village  of  Rutherford,  still  in  use. 

3  Seat  of  the  Earl  of  Home.  Lady  Grisell's  eldest  and  favourite  brother, 
Lord  Polwarth,  married  for  the  second  time  Lady  Jane  Home,  daughter  of  the 
Earl  of  Home,  1  Bonnie  Jean  o'  the  Hirsel.' 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


23 


July  6 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  drinkmony  at  Calder  1  . 

1 

1 

0 

To  Rutherfoords  cochman  and 

Newtons 2  . 

0 

5 

0 

To  my  sister  Julian  3  at  Calder 

0 

5 

0 

To  Adam  Mershall  for  the  filly 

bringing  ..... 

0 

5 

0 

To  Docter  Abernathy  when  Rachell 

had  a  fever  .... 

7 

10 

6 

To  the  Docter s  man 

0 

5 

0 

To  musick  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  letters  2  sh.  6d.  an  express  2s.  6d 

0 

5 

0 

For  ane  express  from  Edinburgh 

0 

3 

(> 

For  expresses  to  Edinburgh  three 

times       .        .        .  . 

0 

3 

0 

To  Docter  Gibson  for  blooding  in 

the  jouglar  vain 

1 

1 

6 

For  capris  and  gass  for  ink  . 

0 

1 

2 

For  cariing  letters  Is.,  2s.  6d.,  Is., 

3sh.  8  

0 

8 

2 

For  drinkmony  at  Boughtrige  and 
Ridbreas  4 

0 

10 

0 

For  cariages  by  Alexander  Wood  of 

books  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  sundry  things  to  the  house 

given  out  myself 

0 

6 

0 

To  the  ho  boys  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  nights  lodging  in  Seatons 

house  ..... 

0 

5 

0 

To  John  Carrs  nurse  5s.  other  drink- 

mony 2s.  .... 

0 

7 

0 

1  Seat  of  Lord  Torphichen. 

2  Lady  Grisell's  aunt,  Julian  Hume,  married  Richard  Newton  of  that  Ilk. 

3  Julian  Hume,  Lady  Grisell's  sister,  eloped  in  1698  with  Charles  Bel- 
lingham,  a  man  of  no  means  or  position.  She  was  no  doubt  staying  at  this 
time  with  her  sister  Jean,  who  married  James,  seventh  Lord  Torphichen,  in 
1703. 

4  The  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Marchmont. 


24 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 

For  teath  cleaning  each  half  a  £    s.  d. 

crown  and  puders  .  .  .  0  14  0 
For  letters  Is.  4d.  paper  3s.  letters 

3s.   0    7  4 

To  Sir  James  Cockburn  of  Ryslaw  .  0  10  0 
To  contrabution  for  Irish  meeting 

house  .  .  .  .  .  0  14  0 
To  a  nurse  for  Rachy  at  Edinburgh, 

July   0    5  0 

To  Pittcurs 1  nurse       .        .        .  0    5  0 

For  expence  of  letters  cariing  .  0  10  0 
For  powder  and  sope  Is.  more  1  sh. 

Baillie,  surgen's  man  2s.  6d.      .  0    4  6 

To  fidlers  2  sh.  6d.       .        .        .  0    2  6 

To  Litildanes  2  nurse  and  midwife  0  10  0 

To  Ms.  Robertuns  nurs  5s.  .  .  0  5  0 
To  Medina 3  picture   drawer  for 

Jerriswoods  my  oun  and  the  two 

bairens's  pictures  drawing  .  20  0  0 
For  cariing  letters  to  Mintto,4  etc. 

5s.  drinkmony  for  lodging  .  0  9  6 
Aug  12  For  Grisies  proclamation  in  the 

church  to         .        .        .        .  116 

To  the  door  of  the  house  on  the  16  .  0  10  0 

To  her  poket  on  the  17th  .  .  116 
To    her    she    gave    John  Baillie 

Murrays  servant  .  .  .  2  3  0 
To  Prestonhalls  5  servant  for  useing 

their  rooms      .        .        .        .  0    5  0 

To  poket  given  Grisie  .        .        .  2    0  0 

To  poket  10  sh   0  10  0 

For  a  moneths  chamber  rent  in  Ms. 

Burns   8  11  0 

To  the  fidlers       .        .        .        .  116 


1  Haliburton  of  Pitcur.  2  Kerr  of  Littledean  Tower  on  Tweed. 

3  See  p.  xxvi.  4  Belonging  to  Sir  Gilbert  Eliott. 

5  Roderick  Mackenzie  of  Prestonhall,  raised  to  the  Bench  as  Lord  Prestonhall. 
His  wife  was  a  sister  of  George  Baillie's  mother. 


*7io]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


25 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


July 


To  expence  at  Ginelkirk  1  comeing 

£ 

s. 

d. 

in  £l  going  out  6  sh 

1 

6 

0 

To  drinkmony  at  Brughton  2 

1 

13 

6 

For  snuff  and  tobaca  to  cary  to 

London  ..... 

0 

11 

0 

For  a  nights  lodging  at  Linton  3 

0 

11 

6 

For  6  weeks  chamber  rent  in  Ms. 

Rumes  4  at  5s.  per  night  . 

10 

10 

0 

For  chaire  hyre  6  sh.  more  2s. 

0 

8 

0 

To  Androw  Lambs  expences  at 

fairs  and  head  courts  1710,  6s., 

more  Is.,  2s.,  2s.  6d.  . 

0 

11 

6 

To  the  pyp  and  drum  for  2  fairs 

0 

9 

4 

To  Mr.  Steall  for  Grisie 

0 

12 

0 

For  letters  by  post,  etc.,  per  Francy 

Newtons  account 

2 

3 

6 

To  Thorindick  18s.  for  a  horse  to 

Greenlaw  6s. 

1 

4 

0 

To  Ms.  Richison  for  her  rooms 

0 

8 

0 

For  cariage  of  a  box  from  London  . 

0 

8 

0 

To  a  servant  of  the  Banck  for 

bringing  dook  [liege,  doun]  the 

books  ..... 

0 

2 

6 

For  fraught  of  the  Spaw  watter,  etc. 

0 

16 

9 

For  paper  Is.  and  caring  letters 

befor  the  election  12 

0 

13 

0 

For  the  Acts  of  Parliament  . 

2 

9 

6 

For  2  years  news  papers  pay'd 

Francy  Newton 

0 

5 

8 

For  a  goun  and  coat  to  May  Minzies 

at  Grisies  marriage  . 

8 

0 

0 

To  George  Newton  for  the  cart  road 

in  the  Greenlands 

0 

5 

0 

1  Channelkirk,  a  place  about  half-way  between  Edinburgh  and  Mellerstain. 

2  Belonging  to  Sir  David  Murray  of  Stanhope,  Bart. ,  whose  eldest  son  married 
Lady  Grisell's  daughter  Grisell. 

3  A  village  lying  between  Jerviswood  and  Mellerstain. 

4  See  p.  xxxviii. 


26  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


To  Geordy  Newton  more  for  that 

£ 

s. 

d. 

road  a  fou  oates 

0 

3 

4 

For  3  concave  chimnys  and  120  foot 

hewin   lintells   and   rebets  for 

highting  the  House  hewin  by 

James  Brady  10s.  chi[mney] ;  4d. 

foot  ..... 

3 

10 

0 

For  wright,  measone,  and  glazier 

work,  etc.  about  the  House 

26 

0 

0 

For  bring  stons  from  Greenlaw  to 

J.  Ormston  at  5d.  per  day  . 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  nurses  house  rent  16s.  l^d. 

John  Browns  lis.  l^d.  . 

1 

7 

9  8 

To  the  scoolmasters  salary  this  year 

0 

16 

8 

S.  158  09  05t4 


Mellerstaine,  Janry.  Account  of  Sundry  Expences.  1714. 

For  mending  the  fine  virginall  at 
London  .... 

For  Fraught  of  them  cariing 
out  of  Edn    .  . 

For  the  church  Bathel  at  Edn 

To   Collonell   Hamilton   5s.  to 
others  4s. 6d.  more 

For  a  Book  ls.4d.  another  Is.  . 

For  cleaning  pistols  Is. 

To  Mrs.  Howie 
Edn  To  Robert  Mandersons  doughter 
Grisells  nurs  .... 
March  7  For  booking  my  seal  in  the  Gold- 
smith's Chope 
10  For  Poket  Tolbooth  church 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Lienhouse 


£ 

s. 

d. 

12 

10 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

9 

6 

0 

2 

4 

0 

1 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1 

0 

1 

4 

0 

1 

0 

0 

X7I.4]         OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  27 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


May  15 


To  Drinkmoney  at  Calder  1  and 

to  coachman  and  stables 

0 

10 

0 

To  powder  and  ball  4s. 

0 

4 

0 

For  letters  6d.  more  6d. 

0 

1 

0 

To  Poket  Is.  6d.  drinkmony  at 

Ridbreas  .... 

0 

2 

0 

To  Mary  Plumer  Is.  Abernathys 

Nurs  5s.  ... 

0 

6 

0 

'For  a  Prognostication  3d.  . 

0 

0 

3 

To  Hillons  2  Nurs  5s.  Kimergham  3 

6s.  Dunglas  4  10s.  . 

1 

1 

0 

For  Horse  at  Berwick  4s.  to 

Adam  Mershall  for  the  Mares 

0 

5 

0 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Ridbreas  5s. 

Nickle  Is. 

0 

6 

0 

To  the  Nurs  at  Dunglas  . 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  fidlers  two  times  3s.  6d.  . 

0 

3 

6 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Dunglas  the 

2d  time  5  garner  2s.  groom  2s. 

0 

9 

0 

For  letters  6d.  more  6d.  more 

6d  

0 

2 

6 

For  James  Duncans  holding  court 

at  Langshaw 

0 

4 

0 

To  John  Walker  for  the  chair  rent 

a  year  .... 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  pys  and  drum  July  fair  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  fairins  and  for  fruit 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  coat  to  Baillie  Youll  4s. 4d. 

makeing  8 

0 

5 

0 

To  Mr.  Anderson  the  Minister,  etc. 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  book 

0 

1 

0 

To  Hary  Fouls  the  Rent  of  Collin- 


1  Lord  Torphichen's.    See  note,  p.  23. 

2  Johnston  of  Hilton.  Lady  Grisell's  grand-aunt,  Sophia  Hume,  married 
Joseph  Johnston  of  Hilton. 

s  Belonging  to  Lady  Grisell's  brother  Andrew  Hume,  raised  to  the  Bench  as 
Lord  Kimmerghame. 
4  Anne  Hume,  Lady  Grisell's  sister,  married  Sir  John  Hall  of  Dunglass. 


28 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1714 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


Aug.  8 


tons  House  the  last  year  we  was 

£ 

s. 

d. 

in  it  and  which  clears  all  due 

him  ..... 

33 

6 

8 

For  a  lb.  Rubarb 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  lb.  sealing  wax 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  gun  and  30  swords  4£  pack- 

ing 4s.  6d.  .... 

4 

4 

6 

For  cariing  letters  and  letters 

0 

11 

0 

For  expences  of  going  to  Wooler 

3 

10 

0 

For  cariage  of  boxes  from  London 

0 

11 

0 

For  expence  of  coming  by  sea  to 

Newcastle  .... 

3 

7 

0 

For  3  horses  from  Newastle  to 

Mellerstaines 

2 

5 

0 

To  Docter  Gibson 

1 

1 

6 

For  chamber  rent  at  Edn  2s. 

6d  

0 

2 

6 

To  Smelholm  boge  . 

0 

10 

9 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Minto  and 

Newton        .  ... 

0 

14 

0 

ToRutherfoordboat  and  cochman 

0 

2 

0 

For  29  Guns  and  Bagginets 

18 

4 

For  a  barrill  Powder  weighe  1\ 

stone  .... 

3 

6 

8 

To  James  Pringle  surgen  account 

4 

0 

0 

To  Docter  Gibson's  surgen  ac- 

count ..... 

4 

11 

9 

To  John  Craw's  bill  at  the  last 

Election  .... 

7 

10 

0 

For  Powder  for  shooting  craws, 

etc.  . 

0 

8 

8 

To  the  fidlers  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  carting  a  box  from  London  . 

0 

9 

0 

To  Mr.  M'gie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  Pyp  and  drum  octr  fair  4s.  for 

fairins  l£  4s.  ... 

1 

8 

0 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Kimergham 

7s.  Ridbreas  7s. 

0 

14 

0 

1714]         OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  29 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

To  Drinkmoney  at  Stewartfield,1 

£ 

s. 

d. 

etc.  ..... 

0 

8 

6 

To  Drinkmoneyat  Longf  ormakus2 

and  Horses  .... 

0 

10 

0 

To  David  Weems 3  a  guiny  his 

horse  2s.  6d.  .... 

1 

4 

0 

To  Poket  at  Earlston 

1 

14 

0 

To  the  Bathel  of  Earlston. 

0 

2 

6 

To  Nans  Walker  and  Sandy  Broun 

0 

6 

0 

To  Poket  Is  

0 

1 

0 

To  Piter  Broun  for  measuring  the 

Hill  

0 

5 

0 

To  Drinkmoney  Redbreas  . 

0 

17 

6 

To  Drinkmoney  Dunglas  . 

0 

18 

6 

For  shiping  goods  2s.  more  15s. 

0 

17 

0 

For  Drinkmoney  Ridbreas 

0 

5 

0 

For  Account   books   from  Mr. 

Mcgie  ..... 

1 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Mcgie  for  teaching  book 

keeping 

3 

2 

0 

To  James  Kilpatrick 

1 

1 

6 

Breast  Mills  doughters  4 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  chair  .... 

0 

2 

0 

To  Poket  Earlston,  etc. 

1 

0 

0 

To  Jean  Lambs  Bridle 

1 

10 

0 

To  Poket  Servante,  etc. 

0 

5 

0 

London 

Deer.  18  For  Servants  Tarn  youll  and  Katie 
Hearts  fraught  to  London 
victualls  furnisht  by  the  Skiper       1  10  0 

To  Tarn  and  Kate  when  they  went 

a  shore,  etc.  .        .        .        .       0  10  0 

For  5  places  in  the  stage  Coach 

from  Edn  to  London     .        .      22  10  0 


1  Now  known  as  Hartrigge.  Seat  of  Col.  John  Steuart,  killed  by  Sir  Gilbert 
Eliott  of  Stobs  in  an  election  brawl  in  1726.  2  Seat  of  Sir  Robert  Sinclair, 

3  See  p.  45.  4  George  Baillie's  nieces. 


30 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1714 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


0 

X 

s. 

d. 

For  booking  money  . 

0 

/-» 
0 

For  cariing  bagage  one  the  coach 

over  and  above  20  lb.  weight  for 

each  01  us  . 

2 

7 

0 

For  our  expences  on  the  road  for 

ourselves  five  and  litle  Robie 

Pringle  1  13  days  from  Dunglas 

10 

0 

0 

For  James  Grive's  expence  and 

tne  norses  on  une  roaa 

l 

17 

0 

For  shoes  to  the  coach  mares  at 

Dunglas  to  Mouse  Mare  same 

road  on,  basts  and  cords  to 

trunks  etc.  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  fraught  of  goods  from  Berwick 

in  three  ships 

Q 
O 

0 
0 

0 

For  warfage  porters  carts  to  the 

Lodging  etc. 

1 

y 

1 

TTat*    fvfino'rii"    of    zL     nfnr  nfiTT'illc 

X  Ul      lldLiyilL     U±      *x     Ilctll  UctlllJlo 

herins  ..... 

0 

6 

0 

For  warfage  bale  and  cariing  to 

the  Lodgine 

0 

2 

6 

For  fraught  of  boxes  from  London 

in  Aug:  last  and  cariages 

2 

0 

0 

For  8  quare  white  paper  gote  last 

sommer  .... 

0 

4 

8 

Jb  or  squaring  and  binding  2  count 

books  ..... 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  spectickle  eye  Is.  letters  2s. 

0 

3 

0 

r  or  puting  the  Coach  in  currant 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  cover  to  Grisies  bible  8d.  to 

her  Is.  . 

0 

1 

8 

For  letters  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  binding  the  Atlas's 

0 

7 

0 

To  John  Walker  for  the  chairs  rent 

till  White  1715 

0 

18 

4 

See  p.  xl. 


1715]  OF  LADY  GRISSEL  BAILLIE  31 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

To  Nurses  House  rent       .        .       0  15  0 
To  Will  Mills  Housereut  .        .0    5  6T% 
To  John  Gifferts  house  rent       .       0    5  0 


£183    8  6 


London,  January  1715.  Sundry  Accounts,  Deb. 
12  day    For  4  weeks  House  Rent  payd  Mr. 


Broun  .... 

14 

0 

0 

To  Grisell  Robison  . 

0 

10 

9 

For  the  Mous  Mare  stabling  19 

nights  shoes  Is. 

1 

11 

0 

To  Docter  Shien 

1 

1 

6 

To  Rachy  a  play 

0 

5 

6 

For  letters  4s.  Ms.  Boyds  childs 

toy  2s.  6d  

0 

6 

6 

For  a  chair  and  coaches  since  we 

came  ..... 

1 

10 

0 

To  poket  .... 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  coach  Is.  more  2 

0 

3 

0 

To  Margrat  Robison 

1 

1 

6 

To  cards  lost  at  Dutches  Mon- 

troses 1  .... 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  French  Mistres  Taucour 

for  a  moneth 

0 

10 

0 

To  Mrs.  Wests  Nurse 

0 

10 

9 

To  Captain  Kirton  2  for  lose  on 

Raches  Lottary  Ticket 

1 

1 

6 

For  300  Limes  and  90  frute  trees 

went  to  Scotland  the  frute  trees 

was  4£  Is.  6d.  the  limes 

4 

1 

6 

For  caring  them  to  Greenwage  to 

a  ship  for  Berwick 

0 

7 

0 

1  See  p.  282. 

2  Captain  Kirkton,  R.N.,  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Kirkton,  and  thus  a  first 
cousin  of  George  Baillie.    There  are  a  good  many  of  his  papers  at  Mellerstain. 


32  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 

[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


March  8 


ditto 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  Goldbaters  Lien  Is.  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  french  book  2s.  a  psalm 

DOOK  zs.ocl.  .... 

0 

4 

6 

For  the  Elections  last  Parliment 

and  this  new  election  giveing 

in  the  two  returns  to  the  Crown 

Clark  ..... 

0 

9 

0 

*or  a  hood  and  Mantle  to  Ann 

Kenady 1 

1 

0 

0 

Jb  or  8  plays  at  a  croun  to  my  Nices 

ii      i  1 

and  doughters 

2 

0 

0 

T71                  1           1                /-»  1 

For  a  book  ls.6d. 

0 

1 

6 

For  News  Powder  and  oyl  pay'd 

John  Baillie  he  gave  out 

1 

0 

0 

.tor  Mastregs  Loller  . 

0 

1 

6 

lo  Major  clelands  JNurs 

0 

5 

0 

For  3  laches  3s. 

0 

3 

0 

For  coach's  and  chairs  to  this 

day  

1 

12 

0 

tor  2  losens  to  a  window 

0 

2 

6 

To  John  Scote  for  phisick  and 

wateing  on  me 

1 

1 

6 

To  Mr.  Broun  for  2  Moneth  Lodg- 

ing   

28 

0 

0 

r  or  the  Lady  Mannerhall 

0 

10 

0 

For  300  Lime  Trees  sent  to  Meller- 

stame  and  caning 

5 

0 

0 

11            1  i       i     ill  • 

Jbor  a  watch  and  gold  chean  to 

Rachie  from  Massie 

11 

U 

To  Mr.  Dumbar  Franch  Master  for 

a  Moneths  teaching 

1 

1 

6 

For  Straf  fords  try  ell  16sh.  staf- 

fords  tryell  2s.  6d. 

0 

18 

6 

To  Mr.   Isack  for  a  Moneths 

Dancing  to  Rachy 

3 

4 

6 

1  Probably  the  daughter  of  Lady  Kennedy  afterwards  mentioned. 


1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


33 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

To  Monsieur  La  fever  Mr.  Isacks 

£ 

s. 

d. 

violer  a  moneth 

0 

10 

9 

To  poket  2s.,  coch  2s.,  Ink  2s. 

0 

6 

0 

For  dying  Ms.  Turnbuls  goun  4s., 

lineing  and  makeing  19s. 

1 

3 

0 

To  Monsieur  Isack  a  Moneth  for 

Rachels  Dancing  and  La  fever 

2 

14 

3 

To  Mr.  Dumbar  French  Master 

1 

1 

6 

To  Mr.  Broun  for  4  weeks  Rent 

14 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Massys  man  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  play  to  Rachel  Dundas  and 

May  Menzies,  gallarie 

0 

4 

0 

For  Thomas  a  Kempes 

0 

4 

0 

For  letters  Is.  Is.  6d.  more  4s.  Is. 

0 

7 

6 

For  6  weeks  news  to  July  1  st  9s.  2d . , 

more  lis.,  Is.  6d.  . 

0 

11 

7 

For  coaches  4s.,  chairs  7s.  Is.,  Is.. 

Is.,  Is.,  Is.,  Is.,  Is.,  2s.  6d. 

1 

0 

6 

For  Acts  of  Parliament 

0 

3 

0 

To  Chair  men  for  removeing  our 

goods  to  the  new  house  6s.  6d. 

more  12s.  .... 

0 

18 

6 

For  a  play  to  Rachy 

0 

5 

0 

For  play  Captain  Murrays  Lady 

0 

10 

0 

To  George  Drumond 

1 

1 

6 

To  Andrew  Kenady 1 

2 

3 

0 

To  Lady  Kenady  2  . 

3 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Baldwine  Coachmaker  in 

paint  25  ... 

25 

0 

0 

To  pamphlets  Is.,  church  Bethell 

4s  

0 

5 

0 

1  Probably  the  son  of  Lady  Kennedy. 

2  Perhaps  Jean  Douglas,  daughter  of  Captain  Andrew  Douglas  of  Mains,  R.  N. , 
and  wife  of  Sir  John  Kennedy  of  Culzean,  Bart.,  two  of  whose  sons  afterwards 
became  Earls  of  Cassillis.  She  had  twenty  children,  fourteen  of  whom  died 
young.  Amongst  the  six  who  survived  was  a  daughter  Anne,  who  married  John 
Blair,  younger  of  Dunskey.  It  is  quite  likely  that  she  had  a  son  Andrew 
amongst  those  who  died  young. 

C 


34 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


May  28 


1  o  Mr.  Dumbar   rench  Master  for 

£ 

s. 

d. 

a  Moneth 

1 

1 

6 

To  Johny  Stewart  for  a  play 

0 

5 

0 

lo  John  Simmerall  . 

3 

4 

6 

For  a  moneth  Lodging  payd  Mr. 

Broun  .... 

14 

0 

0 

m      ■           o        i  i         i       i  l        n  ,i  i 

lo  tax  tor  the  death  oi  the  Cows  1 

0 

5 

0 

T71                                     11  i 

*or  a  French  book  . 

0 

2 

0 

m            l  ? 

To  poket  .... 

0 

1 

0 

lo  plays  tor  Gnsie  and  Kach 

0 

10 

0 

lo  Ms.  Hurnes  htle  Girle  . 

0 

2 

6 

To  Captain  Clivelands  coachman 

0 

5 

0 

r  or  a  pair  orrs  to  Richmond  and 

back  again  to  London  . 

0 

7 

0 

For  Morklet  rols  and  wt  Mrs. 

/~i  ii 

Cockburn  .... 

0 

2 

0 

To  Mr.  Hays  for  2  coach  horses  a 

quarter  the  9  May  25 

25 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Hays  for  2  horses  to 

m     'ii  l 

lwittenhame 

0 

10 

0 

lo  a  Kane  given  John  Scote 

0 

10 

0 

h  or  2  reports  to  send  to  Scotland 

0 

7 

0 

m      t»       l            p         l  i 

lo  Rachy  oi  poket  money 

1 

1 

6 

bor  marled  paper  2d.  a  sheat 

0 

0 

6 

For  scouring  all  the  wanscote  of 

new  house  at  20d.  a  day  with- 

out meat  .... 

0 

17 

0 

For  white  washing  the  House  Is.  a 

roof  ..... 

0 

15 

0 

For  news  prints  Is.  6d. 

0 

1 

6 

For  the  last  two  moneths  of  our 

lodging  payd  Mr.  Broun 

28 

0 

0 

1  The  tax  here  mentioned  was  no  doubt  imposed  to  meet  the  expense 
incurred  in  connection  with  a  cattle  plague  which  broke  out  in  London  and  the 
neighbourhood  in  the  preceding  autumn,  when  many  thousands  of  cows  were 
destroyed  by  orders  of  the  magistrates,  the  owners  receiving  compensation  at 
the  rate  of  40s.  per  cow.  —  Calendar  of  Treasury  Papers. 


1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  35 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

To  Mr.  Broun  for  spoyling  his 

i 

:  s. 

d. 

furnitur  .... 

0 

10 

2 

June  24  For  Repairing  the  Rooff  of  the 

new  house  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  50  Reports  of  the  secret 

Committy  to  send  mv  father  . 

1 

5 

0 

For  stoning  Grisies  Teeth  with  leed 

X  O 

and  some  things  to  clean  'em 

0 

10 

0 

To  James  Minzies  to  begine  a 

stock  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  Mr.  Isack  for  3  moneth  and 

to  Mr.  La  fever 

8 

12 

0 

For  Andersons  pills  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  drinkmoney  at  Twettenham 

to  all  the  servants 

1 

7 

6 

To  Richmont  ball  with  Mrs.  Boyd 

and  bairens  .... 

0 

4 

6 

July  30  For  newspapers  Is.  7d.  Aug:  3s. 

«/                                                 X      JL  O 

10d  

0 

5 

5 

To  Lady  Buts  1  Nurs 

0 

5 

0 

For  painting  the  house  by  Muns  at 

3d.  a  yeard 

5 

7 

6 

For  Glazing  the  windows  l£  5 

cleaning  them  all  10s. 

1 

15 

The  Smith  account  of  Reparations 

to  the  house 

1 

5 

0 

Aug.  7  To  Earls  Mitting  House  . 

0 

10 

9 

To  lose  at  Carts 

0 

9 

0 

For  a  necklace  hook  to  May 

Menzies  .... 

0 

1 

0 

To  Dickson  joyner  for  reparations 

5sh.      .  .... 

0 

5 

0 

To  John  Colecot  joyner  for  shelf  to 

the  house,  etc. 

0 

12 

0 

To    Mr.    Burnets   servant  for 

bringing  the  picturs 

0 

5 

0 

1  Lady  Bute,  Lady  Anne  Campbell,  only  daughter  of  first  Duke  of  Argyll,  and 
wife  of  James,  second  Earl  of  Bute. 


36 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


10 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Mr.  Dumbar  French  Master  . 

1 

1 

6 

To  Robert  Baillie  was  taken  by 

the  Turks  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  coach  fram  to  a  glass  pay 

Mr.  Baldwine 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  Nightgoun  to  my  sister 

Graingmoor  .... 

2 

15 

0 

To  Grisie  l£  5s. 

1 

5 

0 

To  Lady  Kilraick  1  . 

For  3J  yd.  yellow  satine  at  28d., 

1 

1 

6 

for  curtine  to  the  coach 

0 

8 

2 

To  Rachy  3s.  2d. 

0 

3 

2 

For  new  prints  to  Turnbull 

0 

1 

0 

For  writting  the  Lease  from  Coll 

Mckenzie  of  Mrs.  Smithes  house 

1 

5 

0 

To  Mr.  Baldwine  in  pairt  for  the 

coach  20 

20 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Turin  for  a  glase  in  two 

pices  84  inches  high  and  28 
set  here      inches  broad  with  a  glas  Muller 
by     J  To  Mr.  Turin  for  a  chimny  glass 
mistake      in  ane  pice  54|  by  22  J  . 

To  Mr.  Turin  for  a  walnut  tree 

writing  Desk 
For  ane  Apron  to  Raplocks 

doughter2     .        .        .  0  16  0 

To  Grisie  .  .  .  .  116 
For  2  fans  for  my  Nices  Grisie  and 

Anny  Humes 3  .        .       0    7  0 

Sepm.  17  For  news  prints  18d.  more  22d. 

more  21d.  Is.  7d.  .        .        .       0    6  8 


1  Elizabeth  Calder,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Calder  of  Muirton,  fourth  wife  of 
Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  or  Kilraick. 

2  Jean,  only  child  of  Gavin  Hamilton  of  Raplock  by  Lady  Margaret  Keith, 
daughter  of  John,  Earl  of  Kintore.    She  married  Francis  Aikman  of  Brambleton 

and  Ross. 

s  Daughters  of  Lady  Grisell's  brother  Lord  Polwarth.  Anne  afterwards 
married  Sir  William  Purves  of  Purveshall  ;  Grisell  died  unmarried. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  37 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d 

For  chairs  Is.  6d.  Is. 

0 

2 

6 

For  cariing  my  brothers  box  to 

this  house  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  letters  6d.,  3d.,  6d.  . 

0 

1 

3 

To  lose  at  Carts  at  the  Duke  of 

Montroses  .... 

0 

11 

0 

For  wax  and  wafers  2s. 

0 

2 

0 

To  let  Lady  Shusan  Hay  see  the 

wax  works  .... 

0 

3 

0 

For  the  Court  and  country  Cook 

0 

5 

0 

For  Howards  Cookry 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  book  of  choise  recepts 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  weeks  news  papers  . 

0 

3 

9 

For  a  weeks  papers  more  Saterday 

1st  Oct  

0 

2 

4 

For  gazets  that  time 

0 

0 

4 

For  letters  Is.,  more  Is.  6d.  F.N. 

more  4d.,  3d.,  10d.,  6d.,  6d.  . 

0 

4 

11 

For  coaches  3  sh.,  more  Is.,  2s.6d., 

Is.,  Is.,  4s.,  Is. 

0 

13 

6 

For  scouring  3  pr  pistols  . 

0 

6 

0 

For  writting  a  Factory  to  receive 

mony  from  Bank  . 

0 

1 

6 

To  Francy  Newtons  expence  in 

going  to  Jerriswood  2s.  . 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  weeks  papers  Saterday  8 

Oct  Is  

0 

1 

6 

For  news  papers  Saterday  22d  . 

0 

3 

1 

For  News  papers  Saterday  29 

0 

1 

For  cuping  Rachy  in  the  Banyo 

0 

5 

0 

For  collection  to  build  Andersons 

Meating  house 

0 

5 

0 

To  Grisie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

For  coaches  and  chaires  2s.,  Is., 

18d.  Is.,  3s  

0 

8 

6 

For  cleaning  three  pair  pistols 

better  ..... 

0 

0 

6 

38 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


[oundnesj 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d 

lo  old  Mrs.  Colvill  . 

0 

2 

6 

lo  lose  at  Carts  m  Dick  Montroses 

0 

6 

0 

lo  the  Mob  :  on  Princes  birthday 

0 

1 

6 

To  poket  2s.,  5s.,  more  5s.  . 

0 

12 

0 

rii      1717*11    T~>                  £         1*1  1 

lo  Will  Brown  tor  his  book 

0 

10 

9 

To  Brother  Andrew  lent  him 

0 

2 

6 

lo  lose  at  Carts  in  the  Duke  01 

TIT  1 

Montroses  .... 

0 

4 

6 

lo  a  Necklace  to  Jeanny  Billing  - 

ham  1  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  Ridinghood  to  my  sister 

T     1 "  9 

Julian  * 

1 

10 

6 

To  the  Dutches  of  Montroses  son 

Ld  George  s  Nurse 

1 

1 

6 

lo  Kacny  .... 

0 

5 

0 

To  the  scaffinger  a  quarter  at 

TIT*      1  1 

Michelmas  .... 

0 

2 

a 
D 

To  the  watch  a  quarter  at  Michel- 

mas ..... 

0 

2 

D 

To  Mr.  Hays  for  2  coach  horses  for 

a  quarter  due  the  8  of  Septmr. 

25 

0 

0 

last 

1  or  News  papers  Saterday  5  Novr 

0 

1 

4 

lor  letters  la.,  oa. 

0 

0 

7 

For  News  papers  Saterday  12 

0 

1 

-1  A 

For  News  papers  Saterday  19th 

0 

1 

*A 

For  letters  Is.  2d.,  16d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  coach  Is. 

u 

1 

U 

r  or  news  i-j^-q.  new  papeis 

Saterday  26    Is.  6d. 

0 

1 

ForMayMinzies  going  and  coming 

from  Twittenham  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  Raches  going  to  the  Biano  to 

cup  ..... 

0 

6 

0 

1  Lady  Grisell's  niece,  daughter  of  Lady  Julian  Billingham. 
3  Lady  Julian  Billingham,  Lady  Grisell's  sister. 


1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  39 

[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  wax  2s.  lOd. 

0 

2 

10 

For  a  Thomas  of  Kempes  for 

Rachy  .... 

0 

2 

6 

To  Rachys  poket 

1 

1 

6 

To  Mrs.  Wilkison  . 

1 

1 

6 

To  John  Simmerrell 

1 

1 

6 

For  a  pair  coach  whiels  5£  got  l£ 

for  the  old  ons 

4 

0 

0 

To  Mrs.  St  clair 

1 

1 

6 

For  a  |  lb.  sealing  wax  3s.  . 

0 

3 

0 

For  2  yd  Caffa  for  helping  the 

coach  l£  4s.  . 

1 

4 

0 

thursday  For  2  picturs  of  King  George  in 

Decmr.  1     Toliduse  1 

0 

5 

0 

For  News  prints  Saterday  3d 

0 

1 

6 

For  Queen  Anns  Acts  of  Parlia- 

ment the  last  sessions  . 

2 

3 

0 

To  my  Dears  poket  . 

14 

10 

0 

To  lose  at  Carts  Lady  Lowdens  2 
For  the  Attalantes  3  . 

0 

10 

0 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  St  Andras  crosses  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  letters  Is.  more  Is.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  coach  Is.  ... 

0 

1 

0 

'  I  ^  r\  1  aca   0  \~  Ponfc   T  nrl^r  A1"oy»t»  1    o  r"\  rl 
JLU  lUbC  clt  V/dl  Lb  lucliAy  iVLctil  dllLl 

Duplin s  5  and  Dutches  Mon- 

troses 6  .... 

1 

0 

0 

To  Androw  Bell  on  account  of 

books  10  guinys 

10 

15 

0 

For  servantes  and  horses  at  the 

Tour  two  times 

0 

4 

0 

1  Taille-douce.  Engraving  on  a  metal  plate  with  a  graver  or  burin,  as  dis- 
tinguished from  work  with  the  dry  point  and  from  etching. 

2  Lady  Loudoun.  Lady  Margaret  Dalrymple,  daughter  of  first  Earl  of  Stair, 
and  wife  of  Hugh,  third  Earl  of  Loudoun.  3  See  p.  xxv. 

4  Frances  Pierrepont,  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Kingston,  sister  of  Lady  Mary 
Wortley  Montagu  and  wife  of  the  Earl  of  Mar. 

5  Abigail,  youngest  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Oxford,  wife  of  George  Henry 
Hay,  Viscount  Dupplin.  6  See  p.  282. 


40 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


Q 

s. 

a. 

To  Mrs.  Couper 

0 

5 

0 

For  3  coach  glasses  . 

Q 
O 

lo 

u 

For  2  frames  and  covering  them 

for  the  coach  glasses 

0 

7 

0 

JLo  the  Laird  01  Wedderburn 1 

when  in  prison 

5 

0 

0 

lo  Mrs.  ot  cJair 

1 

0 

6 

For  4  weeks  news  papers  Saterday 

31  Decmr.    .        .  . 

V 

O 

O 

To  the  wathman  a  quarter  at 

Christenmas  .... 

0 

0 

lo  Mrs.  bt  clair 

1 

0 

0 

rp  _      1  V  _   I        p>  ,  1  1      1      •   TOT  

lo  the  Church  Joathel  m  Mr. 

Earls  meeting  house 

0 

0 

D 

To    Major    Boyds    son  James 

christening  where  I  stood  God 

mother  28  Decmr.  4  Gumys  . 

4 

6 

0 

1  To  the  servant  at  Twittenham  of 

Drmkmoney  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  the  Twittenham  stage  coach 

for  6  coming  in 

0 

12 

0 

To  the  servants  christenmas  box 

halt  a  croun  each 

1 

0 

0 

To  John  Stewart  to  go  to  a  play  . 
lo  lose  at  Carts  at  Lord  Lowdens  2 

u 

K 
O 

u 

Lady  Stranord  6  etc. 
hov  5|  Callico  to  Mrs.  Cratoord  at 

0 

8 

0 

3s.  6d.  pr  yd 

1 

0 

1: 

For  a  coach  man  and  two  horses 

payd  Mr.  Hays  for  a  quarter 

due  the  8  of  Decmr.  1715 

25 

0 

0 

For  6  moneths  House  Rent  at 

Christenmas  Mrs.  Smith 

22 

10 

0 

To  John  Simmerell  . 

0 

5 

0 

1  See  p.  xiv.  2  See  p.  39. 

3  Anne,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Henry  Johnson  and  wife  of  Thomas, 
third  Earl  of  Strafford,  whom  the  Commons  at  this  time  were  anxious  to  impeach. 


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41 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

To  Mr.  Alexr  Guthery  writter  for 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Ballencrieffs  affair  in  full  of  all 

he  can  ask  .... 

7 

18 

0 

To  the  Heralds  for  our  coat  of 

Armes  ..... 

0 

10 

0 

lo  .rate  Hunter  tor  a  coacn  Mare 

stabling        .        .  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  fraught  of  young  trees  to 

Berwick  .... 

0 

15 

0 

For  sclating  Langshaw  house  by 

Thomson  .... 

1 

16 

0 

448 

0 

9  6 

London 


January  1st,  1716.  Sundry  Accounts.  Deb. 

to  Cash. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

6 

For  a  coach  Is.  3d. 

0 

1 

3 

7 

For  letters  6d.,  6d.,  8d.,  Is.,  3d.,  Id 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  chair  and  coaches  5s. 

0 

5 

0 

To  Poket  I.  5s.  ... 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  pair  spectickles  mending 

etc.  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  moneths  news 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  pair  spectickles 

0 

2 

6 

To  Grisie  l£  Is.  6d. 

1 

1 

6 

To  Rachy  for  a  Raffle  lost 

1 

1 

6 

For  Thomas  a  Kempes  to  the 

servants  .... 

0 

2 

0 

feb. 

For  letters  5d.,  6d.,  6d. 

For  chairs  and  coaches  4s.  6d., 

0 

1 

5 

2s.  6d.  .        .  . 

0 

7 

0 

For  a  weeks  news  papers  Is. 

6dA  

0 

1 

To  Rachy  for  a  Play         .      '  . 

0 

4 

0 

6 

To  John  Simmerall  . 

1 

16 

6 

42 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1716 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 

To  Cess  for  the  poor  three  quarters  £    s.  d. 

at  Lady  day  next  .        .        .  12  6 
febr.  10    To  a  joyner  for  puting  out  the 

closet  door    .        .        .        .  10  0 
For  news  Saterday  11th  Is.  2d., 

2s.  ld^x-,  2s.  8dTV        .        .  0    6  0 

For  chairs  7s.  6d.,  2s-.,  Is.  .        .  0  10  6 

Forlettersls.  6d.,9d.,3d.,  3d.,  3d.  0    3  0 
For  water  tax  half  a  year  from 

Midsomer  to  Christenmas       .  0  10  0 

To  John  Simmer  all  .        .        .11  6 
For  mending  the  watchmans  box 

Is.  to  him  Is.        .        .        .  0    2  0 

To  St  leonards 1  son  Patrick  Ingles  0  10  0 

To  the  Bannew  for  Grisie  .        .  0    5  0 

To  the  Bannew  for  Rachy         .  0    5  0 

To  the  Opera  for  Rachy    .        .  0  10  9 
For  a  fram  to  Captain  Kirtons  2 

Pictor   2    3  0 

To  Mr  Doll  the  painters  man    .  0    3  0 

March     For  chairs  2s.  7d.,  more  2s.         .  0    4  7 
For  news  papers  Is.  3d.,  Is.  2d., 

Is.  6d.,  Is.  2d.       .        .        .  0    5  1 

For  letters  6d.,  5d.,  7d.     .        .  0  10 
24    To  the  watchman  a  quarter  at 

Ladyday  .  .  .  .  0  2  6 
Ap  :  For  news  Is.  ldT6^.  Is.  2d.,  free- 
holders 3s.,  ls.^d.,  Is.  2d.  0  7  7^ 
For  letters  Is.  3d.,  Id.,  Is.  2d.  .  0  2  6 
For  mending  Rachels  watch  .  0  6  0 
To  Mr.  Frazer  Minister  .  .  0  2  6 
To  Rachy  for  a  Play  and  ane  opera  0  15  0 
For  tuning  the  spinets  .  .  0  2  6 
For  8  yeards  lutstring  to  Raplochs 

doughter3     .        .        .        .  2    8  0 

1  Mr.  James  Ingles,  fourth  son  of  Cornelius  Ingles  of  East  Barns,  married 
Elizabeth  Holburne,  and  purchased  the  lands  of  St.  Leonards. 

2  See  p.  31.  3  See  p.  36. 


i7i6]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  43 


May  5 
May  10 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

For  a  bed  to  Johnie  Stewart  2 

£ 

s. 

d. 

weeks  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  coach,  Is.  Is.  . 

0 

2 

0 

For  window  tax  3  quarters  from 

Midsomer  to  Lady  day  1716  . 

1 

2 

6 

For  seeing  the  lyons  in  the  Tower 

0 

1 

6 

For  news  Is.  5d.,  4d.,  Is.  6d. 

0 

3 

3 

For  letters  Id.,  7d.,  Id.,  9d. 

0 

1 

6 

To  Docter  Arburthnet 1  for 

Rachy  .... 

2 

3 

0 

For  a  coach  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  Rachel  Dundas's  going  and 

comeing  from  Twittnem 

0 

1 

6 

For  2  weeks  news  2s.  4d.,  more 

Is.  6d.,  3s.  2d. 

0 

7 

0 

For  letters  3s.  6d.,  3d.,  paper 

10d.,  letters  6d.  7d. 

0 

5 

8 

To  Jamie  Scugald 

0 

5 

0 

To  P.  at  Mr.  Andersons 

0 

10 

0 

To  Mr.  Andersons  Bathel 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  gallary  tickets  to  ane  opera 

0 

3 

0 

To  Barnackie's  2  benefite  2  tickets 

to  the  opera  .... 

2 

3 

0 

To  Mrs.  Betsons  Nurse 

0 

5 

0 

To  Poket  2s.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  coach  2s.  6d.,  2s.  Id. 

0 

4 

7 

For  a  soliter  .... 

0 

3 

0 

To  Mr.  Scote  Garner  at  Chelsy  for 

dressing  the  Gar  dine,  etc. 

2 

12 

0 

For  3  dusone  mother  pearl  fish 

6s.  pr  du:,  6  duson  counters 

4s.  dus.  .... 

2 

2 

0 

To  Mr.  Baillies  Poket  of  Ladyday 

quarter  .... 

12 

14 

0 

1  Dr.  John  Arbuthnott,  Queen  Anne's  favourite  physician,  author  of  several 
works  ;  frequently  mentioned  in  the  Journal  to  Stella. 

2  See  p.  xlix. 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
To  Mr.  Scote  in  Chelsy  for  puting 

the  Garden  in  order 
To  John  Colcat  for  the  partition  in 

the  seller  28s.,  etc. 
To  the  watchman  a  quarter  at 

Midsomer     .        .  . 
To  Mr.  Andersons  meeting  house 

building  .... 
To  my  brother  Polwarthes  man 

went  to  Hamburgh 
June  26  For  mending  the  coach  by 

To  Mr.  Baldwine  coachmakers 

exequeters  in  pairt 
For  a  Burnisht  Gold  fram  to  my 

brother  Polwarths  picture 
For  a  glass  to  the  coach  l£  Mr. 

Turnbulls  man  for  geting  it  Is. 
For  2  Lottery  tickets  I  gave  Cap 

Murrays  bairens 
For  2  Quarters  to  Mr.  Hays  for  2 

coach  Horses  from  8  Decmr. 

1715  to  June  8th  1716 
July     For  coach  2s.,  Is.,  2s. 

For  letters  2s.  2d.,  7d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is. 
For  news  2s.  5d.,  Is.  4d.  . 
For  a  horse  hire  to  a  servant  to 

woonsour  .... 
For  Rachel  my  doughters  picture 

drawen  by  Cummine 
For  2  setts  of  vots  to  my  father 

and  Torphichen 
July  18  To  my  Dearests  poket  10  guinys 
To  the  Lecterers 1  tax  a  year  at 

Midsomer  last 


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

2 

0 

1 

14 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

10 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

3 

0 

10 

15 

0 

1 

6 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

10 

0 

50 

0 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

5 

6 

0 

3 

9 

0 

7 

0 

1 

1 

6 

2 

3 

0 

10 

15 

0 

0 

3 

6 

1  A  class  of  preacher  in  the  Church  of  England  at  this  period,  often  Puritans, 
usually  chosen  by  the  parish,  whose  duty  consisted  mainly  in  delivering  after- 
noon or  evening  lectures.  They  are  said  to  have  been  supported  by  voluntary 
contributions,  but  this  entry  would  indicate  a  regular  assessment. 


i7i6] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  45 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


July  31 


£ 

s. 

d. 

To  my  Dear  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For    efiveinef    in    and  writtinp; 

Grangemoors  Memorialls 

1 

6 

0 

To  Walstons  1  Nurse 

0 

5 

0 

For  3  yd.  yellow  sheveret  for  a 

curtine  to  the  coach 

0 

9 

0 

For  cords,  etc.,  to  the  curtine 

0 

1 

1 

For  a  pound  sealing  wax  super 

fine 

0 

5 

0 

ForRachys  Bathing  and  cuping  at 

the  Banio  Long  Aiker  . 

0 

6 

0 

To  Grisie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  Mr.  Frazer  .... 

0 

2 

0 

To  lose  at  carts  at  sundry  times 

3 

15 

0 

For  half  a  years  house  Rent  at 

Midsomer  last  payd  to  Mark 

J.  J 

Dickson  in  Broad  Street 

22 

10 

0 

For  spectickles 

0 

6 

6 

For  Pamphlets 

0 

2 

0 

For  Pamphlets 

0 

2 

0 

For  drinkmoney  at  Mr.  Wests  2 

son  christening 

3 

4 

6 

To  a  watch  man 

0 

6 

0 

For  news  Is.  2d.,  6d. 

0 

1 

8 

For  letters  3d    2s  fid  Is 

o 

Q 

i? 

For  a  coaches  5s. 

0 

5 

0 

To  David  Weems  3  . 

2 

3 

0 

To  Martha  Johnstons  Nurse 

0 

5 

0 

For  mending  the  Kitchin  sink  . 

0 

10 

0 

To  my  Dearests  poket  at  Bath  . 

22 

18 

0 

For  expence  of  Publick  divertions 

at  Bath  .... 

8 

10 

0 

1  John  Baillie  of  Walston,  Lanarkshire. 

2  Probably  John  West,  son  of  Baron  De  La  Warr,  and  afterwards  first  Earl  De 
La  Warr. 

3  Perhaps  the  son  of  Elizabeth  Baillie,  George  Baillie's  sister,  who  married 
Mr.  Robert  Weems  of  Grangemoor. 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Raffles  at  Bath  . 

4 

10 

0 

To  Docters  and  Apothicarys  at 

Bath  

5 

5 

0 

For  cleaning  all  our  Teeth  at  Bath 

1 

14 

0 

For   chairs   to   the   pump  and 

otherwise  .... 

3 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Chanler,  etc. 

3 

0 

0 

For  pumping  and  drinkmoney  at 

Bath  

5 

10 

0 

To  Rachys  poket  a  moydor 

1 

7 

6 

For  coaches  to  and  from  Bath 

by  oxfoord  .... 

20 

0 

0 

For  seeing  Blenhome  and  oxfoord 

Collages  .... 

1 

5 

0 

For  cariing  servants  to  Bath 

3 

18 

0 

For  cariage  of  trunks  to  Bath  , 

6 

14 

0 

For  8  weeks  lodging  4  rooms  and 

garets  at  Bath 

18 

6 

0 

To  the  Cook  and  maids 

2 

3 

0 

For  Musick  books  to  Grisie 

1 

0 

0 

To  my  Dears  poket  at  Bath 

2 

0 

0 

For  the  coach  from  Robert  Hays 

from  the  8  of  June  till  the  8 

Aug:  and  for  the  coaches  stand- 

ing 9  weeks  at  18d.  a  week  and 

horses  3s.  to  Hamtoncourt 

18 

17 

0 

For  news  Is.  9d.,  Is.  2d.,  3d.,  lid. 

0 

4 

1 

For  letters   6d.,  6d.,  Id.,  6d., 

3d.,  3d  

0 

2 

1 

To  my  Dearests  poket 

O 

O 

0 

0 

jp  or  a  coacii  gias  ±^a  saget  lx  os.  . 

1 

5 

0 

For  2  Snuff  Mills  La  Sashet 

0 

17 

6 

For  a  kain  string 

0 

1 

6 

To  Grisie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  David  Weems  1  to  clear  his 

accounts  and  cary  him  home 

15 

0 

0 

1  See  p.  45. 


iyi6]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  47 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

For  a  years  seafangers  tax  from 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Michelms  1715  to  Mich*  1716  . 

0 

10 

0 

To  Androw  Bell  in  pairt  of  ane 

Account  for  books 

10 

0 

0 

To  the  Poors  tax  from  Lady  day  to 

Michalmes  1716 

1 

2 

0 

For  ane  Apron  to  Mrs.  Turnbull 

0 

6 

0 

Novr.  8 

To  water  tax  three  quarters  at 

Michalmes  last      .  . 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  Piew  in  King  Streat  chapel 

a  quar.  at  Michel3 

0 

9 

0 

For  2  brass  hinges  to  the  coach  6s. 

puting  them  on 

0 

7 

6 

To  Poket  .... 

0 

7 

6 

To  the  Countes  of  Pickburgs 1 

footman  .... 

0 

3 

0 

Novr.  16  For  Pamphlets  5s.  6d.,  Is. 

0 

5 

6 

For  letters  Is.  10d.,  6d.,  3d.,  Is. 

8d.,  6d.,  2d.,  Id.  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  news  pamphlets  2s.  n.  3s. 6d., 

pam.  8d.,  2s.  3d.,  Is.  2d.,  Is.  2d. 

0 

11 

9 

To  Mr.  Weems  Apothecary  in  full 

of  his  account 

5 

1 

6 

wrong 

For  fraught  and  cartage  of  5  duson 

fish  from  Hadinton 

0 

13 

0 

25  For  poket  6s.,  Mr.  Andersons  10s., 

Jamie  Scugald  5s.  . 

1 

1 

0 

For  mending  the  water  pyps  7s. 

o 

7 

o 

For  lose  at  carts  8s.  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  pen  glas  to  a  window  lOd. 

0 

0 

10 

For  a  chair  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  scaffingers  tax  for  a  quarter  at 

Christmas  1716 

0 

2 

6 

For  Christmas  box  8  servants  l£ 

watchman  bellman  2s.  . 

1 

2 

0 

1  Countess  of  Lippe  and  Buckenburg  (in  French  Piquebourg),  one  of  the 
Ladies  of  the  Princess  of  Wales. — Diary  of  Lady  Cowper. 


48 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

For  Apoticars  man,  strewer  5 

£ 

s. 

d. 

waterman  Is.  shoemakers  2s. 

0 

8 

0 

To  Drum  trainbands  Is.,  dustman 

Is. .           '  . 

0 

2 

0 

To  the  Princes  footman  for  a  crose 

10s.  9d  

0 

10 

9 

For    copping    a    musick  book 

£l  Is.  6d.,  ruled  paper  10 

1 

11 

6 

For  Meeting  House  rent  Christmas 

quarter  .... 

0 

8 

0 

For  half  a  years  house  rent  at 

Christmas  payd  Mrs.  Dickson 

22 

10 

0 

To  poors  tax  a  quarter  at  Christmas 

0 

11 

0 

For  tuning  the  Spinets  2  times 

0 

5 

0 

To  Dickson  for  puting  out  the 

four  windows  in  the  litle  draw- 

ing rooms  in  Broad  Street 

7 

0 

0 

373    8  5 


London,  January  1st,  1717.  Account  of  Sundry  Expences 


For  paveing  the  streat 

5 

4 

0 

For  laying  the  plain  stons  before 

the  door       .        .  . 

2 

0 

10 

To  Mr.  Frazer  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  newspapers  Is.  2d.,  Is.  2d.,  2s. 

6d  

0 

4 

10 

For  letters  Is.  6d.  6d.  6d.  6d. 

0 

3 

0 

To  Mr.  Mitchels  Christening  hs 

son  James  .... 

3 

4 

6 

For  a  fan  Rachy  gave  Mrs.  Mitchel 

0 

5 

0 

For  covers  of  Fans  sent  to  Utright 

to  Lord  Binning  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  ruled  paper  to  Grisie  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  lose  at  Carts  by  Grisie  at 

Lady  Marrs  1 

2 

3 

0 

1  See  p.  39. 


1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  49 


febr. 


wrong 


March 


f  Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  2  plays  to  Gris  and  Rach 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  Desk  to  Grisies  spinet 

0 

2 

(3 

To  the  watchman  to  Drink 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  Purs  to  my  Lord  Ghram 

0 

7 

To  the  watchman  drinkmony 

0 

2 

0 

To  Poket  of  Christmas  quarter  5 

guinys  .... 

5 

7 

6 

To  my  brother  John  Baiiiie 

1 

1 

For  news  14d.,  2s.  6d.,  Is.  6d., 

Is.  6d  

0 

6 

8 

For  letters  Is.  6d.,  6d.,  6d 

0 

2 

6 

For  stamp  paper  to  write  Turnbuls 

Factory  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  chair  18d.,  Is.,  2s.,  3s.,  Is., 

4s.,  2s.,  3s.,  2s.,  5s. 

1 

4 

6 

To  Alexr  Hume  of  Whitehouse  1 

1 

1 

6 

To  lose  at  Carts  at  Duke  Rox- 

burgs,  etc  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  ane  opera  ticket  to  Rachy 

0 

10 

0 

For  18  botles  Ale  from  Dorathy 

Halliwall  .... 

0 

8 

0 

For  2  tooth  picks  2s.  Tho.  Hervie 

2s.  6d  

0 

4 

6 

For  helping  Mr.  Johnstons  strong 

box  foot  .... 

0 

1 

6 

For  letters  Is.  6d.,  3d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d., 

Is.  , 

0 

K 

0 

For  News  Is.  6d.,  14d.,  Is.  6d., 

Is.  6d.,  Is.  6d.  Is.  3d.,  Is.  2d. 

0 

9 

7 

To  the  watchman  half  a  year  at 

Christmas  last 

0 

5 

0 

For  A  poyam   dedicat  to 

Rachy  on  the  Princes 

0 

10 

9 

To  old  Frazer  2s.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

1  Perhaps  Alexander  Hume,  son  of  George  Hume  of  Whitefield,  who  along 
with  his  father  was  taken  prisoner  at  Preston  and  was  at  this  time  in  prison. 

D 


50 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Mrs.  Hume  Whitefield  1 

1 

1 

6 

To  my  Dearests  Poket  5  guinys  . 

5 

7 

6 

To  Grisie  .... 

1 

1 

6 

To  lose  at  carts  at  D  Roxburgs, 

Rotheses  and  Mrs.  Verners 

1 

12 

6 

To  Mr.  Barnackies  2  man  for  sinor- 

ina  the  Dog 

0 

5 

0 

To  Docter  Cheine  for  Rachy 

1 

1 

6 

For   opera    tickets    from  Mrs. 

Robison  3 

2 

3 

0 

To  Mr.  Cuningham  of  Acket  4  7 

guinys  .... 

7 

10 

6 

For  tickets  to  Castruches  5  Musick 

meeting  .... 

1 

1 

6 

For  3  seats  in  a  Pew  in  King  Streat 

Chapell  at  Lady  day  h  year 

0 

18 

0 

For  Pasing  Graingmoors  warrant 

for  Collecter  at  Alloa 

1 

13 

6 

To  my  Dears  Poket  of  Ladydays 

quarter  .... 

11 

13 

4 

To  the  poors  Tax  a  quarter  at 

Ladyday  .... 

0 

11 

0 

To  the  water  tax  half  a  year  at 

Ladyday  .... 

0 

10 

0 

For  2  Coach  Horses  from  the  12  of 
October  1716  to  the  12  of  April 
1717     .        .        .    50    0  0 

For  sadle  Horses  in  the 
above  sd  time  at  3sh 
pr  day  from  Robert 
Hay  in  full  of  all  ac- 
counts 


4  10    0      54  10  0 


1  The  wife  of  George  Hume,  who  was  taken  prisoner  at  Preston  and  was  at 
this  time  in  prison. 

2  See  p.  xlix.  3  See  p.  xlix. 

4  Probably  another  unfortunate  of  the  '15.  5  See  p.  xlviii. 


iyiy\  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  51 


Ap.  12 


May  1st 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

To  James  Hume  1  of  Aiton  my 

C 

s. 

A 
IX. 

T^d  Humes  brother 

X 

i 

For  writinc  lYTnsiek  l£  Is  fid 

1 
X 

X 

To  the  lecterer  2  half  a  vears  tax 

at  Ladyday  .... 

o 

yj 

9 

For  window  Tax  a  year  at  Lady 

dav  1717 

1 

X 

10 

XV/ 

ft 

To  Whitelich  Coachmaker  in  full 

of  all  Acctts 

9 

1 

6 

To  the  Kings  Houshold  Drums  5s. 

footmen  a  suiny 

1 

X 

« 
u 

To  the  Gard  Drums  6s  Cadoprms 

Drums  5s. 

o 

1 1 

X  X 

To  the  parish  wates  5s.  Toun 

Trumpets  10s.  9d. 

KJ 

1  5 

X  o 

q 

To  the  yemen  of  the  Guard  a 

&uuv  ..... 

1 
X 

X 

u 

To  the  Prinees  footman  10  9d 

X  V       vllv      JL  lXllvvO      l  \  J  \J  Li  Iltll.  1.      XV/  t/Vl« 

for  a  poyam  10s.  9d. 

1 

X 

X 

u 

To  the  TCincrs  watermen 

0 

7 

For  chairs  Is.,  Is.,  3s.,  2s.,  2s.,  Is., 

5s    2s    4s    2s  6d    2s  6d  Is 

X 

*7 
i 

n 

For  letters  6d    2s    Is    2s  6d 

4d  .  2s  2d    3s  2s 

l  a 

xo 

u 

For  Newsnaners  Is  2d   2s  6d  Is 

X    V/X    JL  1  Ks  VV  O  1  7  Cv  J  J  V.  1  J    lut    *d  VX  •  ^     M  ij»    \J  vl  ♦  ^   JL  k7  • 

6d    2s  3d    6d   Is  2d 

V/VX*  ^      MO*      VM.  •  J      V/  \X  •        JL  O  *      md  VJL  •        •  • 

o 

Q 

ty 

1 

J- 

For  a  book  bound  to  set  doun  the 

V13HC15  .... 

\j 

u 

For  14  vd   IVTasarin  blew  rnhan 

X   VI       JL  jj         y  VX  •      ITXCiOCil  XXX       L»lVy  TV       X  LI  MClIi 

for  the  order 

0 

12 

0 

For  wax  candles  6d. 

0 

0 

6 

For  cheana  cups,  basons,  etc. 

2 

12 

0 

To  a  Herper  came  with  Mr. 

Isack  ..... 

1 

1 

6 

To  watherburn  3  l£  Is.  6d.  Aitton 

a  guiny  1  .... 

2 

3 

0 

1  Taken  prisoner  at  Preston,  and  then  in  prison. 
3  See  p.  xiv. 


2  See  p.  44. 


52  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  lose  at  Dice  in  Lord  Staires  . 

1 

18 

0 

To  the  Clark  of  the  Crown  for  the 

return  of  Election  and  giveing 

in  the  write  .... 

1 

11 

6 

For  materialls  for  my  mothers 

elickses  5s.  5s. 

0 

10 

0 

For  4  Tickets  to  Mr.  Barnackies  1 

opera  ..... 

4 

6 

0 

For   2   tickets   to   Berenstats 2 

opera  ..... 

2 

3 

0 

For  a  purs  to  the  Duke  of  Mon- 

trose . 

0 

5 

0 

For  snuff  mills,  etc.  in  full  from 

Lasaget  .... 

0 

7 

0 

To  my  sister  Graingmoor  . 

20 

0 

0 

For  a  pair  Garters  in  a  present 

0 

10 

9 

To  Rachy  .... 

0 

7 

6 

To  Carts  at  Rotheses 

0 

13 

0 

For  chairs  Is.,  Is.,  4s.,  Is.,  Is.,  Is., 

Is.,  Is.,  4s.,  2s.,  5s. 

1 

2 

0 

For  News  Is.  2d.,  Is.  l^\d.,  Is.  2d., 

Is.,  Is.  2d.,  Is.  6d.,  Is.  2d., 

4s  

0 

12 

For  letters  6d.,  3s.  7d.,  Is.,  2s., 

5d.,  2s.  8d.,  Is.,  4s.,  Is.  6d.  . 

0 

16 

8 

For  paper  Is.  pills  18d.  snuff 

Milne  3s  

0 

5 

6 

For  Glasing  the  windows 

0 

4 

6 

For  glas  tee  cups  to  sister  Julian 

at  3d.  a  Tee  pot  8s.,  glas  cups 

etc.  5s.  .... 

0 

13 

3 

To  Mary  Hamilton  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  cloath  to  be  a  peticoat  G.  I.  . 

2 

5 

0 

For  tuning  the  Spinets  2s.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

To  Mr,  Bradberys  House 

0 

2 

6 

See  p.  xlix. 


2  See  p.  xlix. 


lyiy]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  53 


July  8 


[Sundries] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  dressing  the  Gardine 

1 

4 

6 

For  a  piece  flowrd  Indian  Callico 

to  sister  Julian 

4 

0 

o 

For  linen  to  the  Callico  l£  3s. 

1 

3 

0 

To  the  bairens  for  operas 

0 

16 

o 

For  the  Pilgrams  dress  l£  12s.  12s. 

2 

4 

o 

To  my  Lady  Lockart  lent  and 

never  payd  .... 
For  2|  yds  scarlet  cloath  for 

1 

1 

6 

Docter  Abernathys  son  George 

2 

5 

o 

For  3  Monethes  dancing  to  Mr. 

Isack  for  Rachy 

8 

2 

0 

For  standing  God  mother  to  Mr. 

Johnstons  doughter  Lucie 

5 

7 

6 

To  Poket  of  the  Midsomer  quarter 

12 

2 

0 

To  cards  at  Duke  Roxburghs  1  4s. 

more  2s.  6d. 

0 

6 

6 

To  scamngers  tax  a  quarter  at  last 
&             i  ******  ^ 

Ladyday  1717 

o 

2 

6 

To  the  watch  half  a  year  at  Mid- 

somer 1717  .... 

o 

5 

o 

To  James  Kilpatrick 

o 

2 

o 

For  rubans  to  give  in  presents 

1 

0 

0 

To  Grisie  l£  Is.  6d.  To  Grisie 

2£  3s.  .... 

3 

4 

6 

For  a  gold  watch  to  Monsr  Ber- 

nackie  2  the  Italian 

o 

o 

For  a  gold  chean  to  the  watch  . 

0 

Fnr  f}  pnpf"  to  Gri<sip  Tnrnbnll 

0 

14 

0 

For  scamngers  tax  a  quarter  Mid- 

somer 1717  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  Mr.  Isacks  Jamie  l£  Is.  6d. 

1 

I 

6 

To  Vilpontu  for  drawing  Grisies 

tooth  ..... 

0 

10 

9 

For  a  hat  to  Patrick  Dickson 

1 

1 

G 

1  See  p.  284. 


2  See  p.  xlix. 


54 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
For  Grisie  and  Rachys  lose  at       £    s.  d. 

Carts  10  0 

For  my  own  lose  at  Carts  10s.     .       0  10  0 
For  a  string  to  My  Lord  Grahmes 

tortishel  staff        ,        .        .       0    4  0 
July  30  To  May  Minzies  to  buy  a  gown  .      10    0  0 
To  Frazer  30d.         .        .        .       0    2  6 
For  copping  songs  by  Bernackie1       0  12  0 
To  Mr.  Dickson  for  half  a  years 

rent  at  Midsomer  1717  .      22  10  0 

Aug.  5    To  Androw  Bell  by  a  bill  on 

Midleton  in  pairt  paymt  .  20  0  0 
For  a  sadle  house  and  hulster  caps  6  18  6 
For  shiping  goods  aboord  when  I 

went  to  Scotland  payd  Hendry 

Mill  in  full  of  all  acctts  .  .  15  4 
For  stoping  Rachys  tooth  with 

Leed  0    5  0 

For  a  curtine  of  Calamanka  to  the 

coach  .  .  .  .  .  0  5  0 
To  Betty  Dundas  .  .  .  0  7  6 
For  news  while  I  was  in  Scotland 

at  Lond  10  2T6^ 

For  letters  at  London  while  I  was 

in  Scotland  .  .  .  .  0  11  9 
To  Hays  for  horses  to  Twitten- 

ham  Barnet  and  18d.  a  week  for 

the  coach  standing  when  we 

wrought  not  his  horses  .        .       5  18  0 
Eden.    For  a  coach  and  six  horses  to  carie 

us  to  Scotland  in  9  days  .  32  15  0 
For  expences  of  5  in  the  coach  on 

the  road  to  Scotland  till  we  came 
Aug:  14      to  Tiningham  on  the  14th  Aug:      14  13  9 
For  expence  of  a  servant  and  a  horse     1  15  0 
To  my  Rachy  .        .        .        .       4    3  0 


1  See  p.  xlix. 


1717] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


55 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
To  Docter  St  clair 1  and  John       £    s.  d. 

Baillie  .        .        .        .       4  10  0 

To  My  Rachys  Proclamation,  etc  4  6  0 
To  Mr.  Robertsons  men  .  .  0  5  0 
To  Mr.  Dickson  for  writing  bonds 

etc  4  10  9 

To   Mr.   Aickman 2  in 

pairt  for  picturs    .    21    0  0 
In   full   payd  for  the 
picturs  at  5  guinys 
sitting  and  5£  coppys  31 
For  Drinkmony  at  Tin- 
ingham  3  when  My 
Rachy  went  home  15 
For  all  Drinkmoney  while 
at  Edn.  and  traveling 
about  the  6  monethes 
I  was  in  Scotland      29  10  0 
For  chears  while  at  Edn.  . 
For  Dails  and  trees  bought  by 

Cap.  Turnbull 
For  16  cart  to  bring  the  above  sd 

timber  from  Berwick 
For  32  nights  chamber  rent 

Mrs.  Rooms  . 
For  7 J  weeks  chamber  rent 

Mrs.  Cytons  .        .        .        .       8    0  0 
To  my  Dears  Poket  in  Scotland  9    9  0 

For  Tickets  to  Consorts  .  .  0  15  0 
For  lose  on  guinys  when  cry'd 

doun  2    5  0 

Decmr.  To  Androw  Kerr  writer  on  account 

of  my  brother  James  Baillie  3    0  0 

For  house  rent  of  chairs  in  full  of 

all  at  6s.8d.  a  year  each  chair  1  10  0 


Eden- 
burgh 
Sept.  3 


0  0  52  0  0 
0  0 

44  10  0 

4  14  0 

33  12  8 

5  9  4 

in 

6  12  6 

in 


1  Dr.  Matthew  St.  Clair. 

3  The  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Haddington. 


2  See  p.  xxvii. 


56 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
To  Pate  Hunter  Stabler  for  horses       £    s.  d. 


while  we  was  in  Scotland  being 


Decmr. 


6  monethes  .... 

4 

9 

8 

For  2  pr  gloves  to  my  father  at 

Rachys  mariage 

0 

6 

0 

For  2  pr  gloves  to  Mr.  Hamilton 

Minister  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  fraught  and  cariages  by  land 

for  goods  from  London  to  Eden- 

burg  etc 

4 

16 

6 

For  Gloves  to  Lord  Hadingtons 

servants  .... 

0 

17 

0 

For  fraught  of  2  servants  to  Edn 

and  up  again 

6 

4 

10 

To  the  servants  at  the  Bank  at 

recpt  of  the  Intrst  . 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  cover  to  Grisies  dressing 

box  ..... 

0 

5 

0 

For  writing  bonds  and  persuing 

wood  cutters 

0 

10 

6 

For  cariage  of  a  Trunk  from 

London  .... 

1 

0 

0 

To  John  Vint   shoemaker  my 

brother  Johns  Acctt      .  • 

0 

18 

4 

To  Mr.  Will  Hall  man  Arch: 

Stewart  .... 

1 

11 

6 

To  Docter  Gibsone  1  for  Grisie  . 

1 

1 

0 

To  Domany  for  a  years  writing  . 

0 

10 

0 

To  repairing  the  horse  furniture 

in  Scotland  .... 

0 

7 

0 

,  29  To  P.  at  Earlston  and  Bathel 

0 

15 

0 

To  a  Councel  post- 

0 

5 

0 

To  Betty  Dundas  Grisie  Dundas 

George  Sim  Mrs.  Olifers  bairens 

and  Mr.  Turnbuls  etc.  and  to 

servants  and  others  of  Hansels 

2 

18 

0 

1  Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  Edinburgh.  Appointed  an 
Examiner  in  1725. 


lyiy]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  57 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
To  a  surgen  at  Berwick  for  my       £    s.  d. 

brow    .        .        .       .        .       0  11  6 
For  5  places  in  the  stage  coach  the 
11  Jany  that  brought  us  to 
London  the  25  January  1718 
wher  of  Tarn  Lesly  payd  2£  10     21  16  6 
For  expence  of  a  man  and  horse 

along  with  us  .  .  .  1  16  0 
For  sadles  mending  boots  and 

whips  at  London   .        .        .       1  12  0 
For  cariage  of  a  box  from  Scotland       0  12  6 
To  the  stage  coachman  of  Drink- 
money  .        .        .        .        .       0    5  0 
Dec  30     For  Acts  of  Parliment  5£  3s.  6d. 

more  books  14s.  8d.  .  .  5  18  2 
For  chairs  3s.  ...       0    3  0 

For  mending  the  glas  windows  .       0    6  6 
To  Christenmas  box  dustman  Is., 
watch2s.6d.,  water  2s.6d.,Boes 
man  2s.,  news  boy  6d.,  Brewer  Is.       0    9  6 
For  the  votes  .        .        .  116 

For  coach  horses   to  Hamton 

Court  payd  Hays  .  .  .  4  0  6 
To  my  Dear  for  his  journey  on  the 
Road  to  Scotland  and  back  to 
London  again  and  for  Poket 
money  besids  the  9£  9s.  he  gote 
at  Edn.  86.  16  from  5  Aug.  to 

coches  and  chairs  included     86  16  0 
To  the  watchman  half  a  year  at 

Christenmas  .        .        .       0    5  0 

To  the  poors  tax  at  Christenmas 

1717  2    4  0 

To  the  scafhnger  at  Christenmas 

half  a  year  .  .  .  .  0  5  0 
To  my  Grisies  Poket  5  guinys  .  5  5  0 
To  Labushier  surgen  .  .  110 
For  lose  by  a  horse  bought  at 


58 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 

7£  18s.  and  sold  at  6  guinys  to       £    s.  d. 

carie  a  servant  to  Scotland  and 

back  again    .        .        .        .       1  12  0 
For  expences  in  getting  out  the 

Debenturs 1  .        .        .        .       1  12  0 
To  the  water  tax  3  quarters  at 

Christenmas  .        .        .       0  15  0 

For  writeing  in  three  years  1714, 

15  and  1716  to  James  Massy  .       1  10  0 
For  7  tarms  Cess  for  Mellerstaine 

from  March  1715  till  March 

1717  inclusive       .        .  37    6  6^ 

For  repairing  Houses  at  Lang- 

shaw  in  3  years  1715, 1716  and 

1717  

Milne  by  Park  .  1  19  0 

Coumslyhill  given  doun 

16s.,  4s.  .  .10  0 
Sclats  Langshaw  house  0  10  0 
more  for  reparations  on 

Parks  acct  .  .  0  10  0 
repairing  Langshaw  Mill  1  18  2 
on  Parks  acct  divits  .  0  10  0 
wright  work  by  James 

Blakie  in  3  years         6    6  10 
Meason  work  in  sd  years  0  18  10 
To  a  sclater  for  Lang- 
shaw house  .        .      1  15  10 


14    8  8 

For  10  tarms  Cess  of  Langshaw 
from  March  1715  till  December 
1717  inclus    .        .        .  32    7  3T% 

1  The  word  1  debenture  '  was  at  this  time  generally  used  to  denote  the  acknow- 
ledgment issued  by  a  Government  Department  either  for  goods  supplied  or 
money  lent.  In  this  case  Mr.  Baillie  had  no  doubt  been  lending  to  the 
Government.  His  balance-sheets  show  that  he  held  debentures  of  considerable 
amount. 


1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  59 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
For  Trees  and  seads  bought  from       £    s.  d. 

Samuel  Robson  in  Kelso        .       9    3  0 
For  slating  the  Towr  of  Meller. 

17s.  by  Thomson  .        .       0  17  0 

For  a  kevelmell  18J  lb.  9s.  3d.,  2 

hows  2  gote  1715  Meller.  .       0  11  3 

For  young  thorns  from  Newcastle        15  0 
To    a    fferrier   for    the  Coach 

geldine         .        .        .        .       0  12  0 
To  James  Blakie  Messeger  for 

bussines  pr  acctt  and  recpt.      .       0  11  8 
For  3  spades  lis.  a  shuvel  20d. 

this  year  to  Mellerstaine        .       0  12  8 
For  mending  glas  windows  at 

Meller  in  3  years  by  Miller      .       0  19  2 
For  160  bolls  lime  laid  in  at 

Mellerstaine  .        .        .        .       4    0  0 
For  yron  and  nails  furnish' d  by 

Liedhouse  in  3  years  Meller    .       18  8 
For  charges  of  my  brother  John 

Baillies  Funarels    .        .       .      11  16  6 
For  smith  work  by  Pat  Newton 

shoeing  horse  and  mending  work 

lumes  in  3  years  .  .  .  2  13  5^ 
To  the  Nurs  3  years  house  rent 

White.  1715,  16  and  1717       .       2    5  0 
To  Tame  Hilandman  3  years  house 

rent  Whit.  1715,  16  and  1717  .       1  13  4 
To  Will  Mill  3  years  House  rent 

abovesd  3  years    .        .        .       0  16  8 
To  Androw  orniston  a  years  rent 

White.  1717  .        .        .       0  15  0 

for   100  firrs  gote  from  John 

Humes  father        .        .        .       0    8  0 
For  Measone  work  in  building 

dicks  at  Meller  in  3  years       .       3  16 
For  wright  work  at  Mellerstaine 

in  3  years  1715,  16,  17  .        .       2    6  10 


60 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 
For  the  basan  in  the  toun  of      £    s.  d. 

Mellerstaine  1717  .        .        .       7  10  8 
To  the  5d.  men  at  planting  di eking 

and  quarie  in  3  years    .        .      37  17  4 
The  windows  tax  for  half  a  year  at 

Christen™8  1717     .       \        .       0  15  0 
The  Cess  of  Jerriswood  payd  at 

White.  1717  and  preceedings  7 

Tarmes  in  all  .  .  .  9  16  7X82 
To  Wilsone  writer  in  Lanark  for 

warning  tenants    .        .        .       0    6  6 
To  the  nurs  3  bolls  oats  every  year 

of  Crops  1714,  15  and  1716     .       4  10  0 
To  Captain  Turnbull 1 

3  bolls  bear  at  10s.      1  10  0 
To  him  of  the  rent  of 

Jerriswood  Park  for 

3  years  1715,  16  and 

1717  grass  .  .  86  11  0 
248  hens  at  5d.  .  5  3  4 
60  capons  at  8d.  .  2  0  0 
To  Captain  of  the 

Park  rent     .  3  18    0     49    2  4 


For  sundry  small  things  given  out 

by  Cap.  Turnbull  . 

7 

18 

0 

For  trees  and  seeds  . 

7 

16 

0 

To  sundry  workmen  at  Meller- 

staine etc  .... 

3 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Turnbulls  expences  in 

going  to  Langshaw,  etc 

2 

1 

0 

To  expence  of  holding  courts, 

writings  etc  in  3  years 

1 

15 

0 

To  the  pyp  and  drum  at  the  fairs 

for  3  years  .... 

1 

5 

8 

1  Seems  to  have  been  the  factor  staying  at  Jerviswood  and  being  paid  largely 
in  kind. 


1702]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  61 


[Sundries]  [Sterling] 

£    s.  d. 

For  paper  to  Cap.  Turnbull       .       0  13  0 


993  13  8 


Edenburgh,  Januer  1st,  1702.  Howsekeeping. 
Debt  to  Cash. 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  muchkin  sinamon  water  . 

2 

8 

0 

For  ginger  .... 

1 

4 

0 

For  2  pices  of  clarit  gotten  from 

my  brother  John  . 

120 

0 

0 

For  a  boll  meall  bought  from 

Lady  Hill  .... 

5 

0 

0 

For  cariadges  by  Lesly 

2 

0 

0 

For  2  little  swine 

8 

0 

0 

For  3  lb.  2  ounces  suger  . 

2 

17 

0 

For  2  bolls  pies  to  the  mairs  and 

swin  ..... 

7 

6 

8 

For  a  salmond  .... 

1 

10 

0 

For  2  hams  .... 

4 

0 

0 

For  5  fous  of  oats  from  Meller- 

steans  crop  1701  . 

5 

0 

0 

For  10  lods  colls 

7 

0 

0 

For  8  lb.  brown  suger 

5 

0 

0 

For  gins  bread 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  lb.  cannell  7£  2  ounc  mace 

26s.  per  ounce 

9 

12 

0 

For  4  ounce  nutmug  9s.  per  ounc, 

4  ounc  cloves  9s.  per  ounce 

3 

12 

0 

For  J  lb.  white  paper  12s.  a  pot 

cofeced  ginger  1  li.  2s.  . 

1 

14 

0 

For  2  loafs  candibrod  suger  at  18s. 

per  pound  .... 

5 

7 

4 

THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
For  5  fous  oats  to  the  mairs  from       £    s.  d. 


Mellers.  .... 

4 

0 

0 

For  bringing  from  Glasgow  8 

galons  wine  5  marks  at  the  port 

14s.  ..... 

4 

0 

8 

For  5  fous  ots  for  the  mairs  from 

Mell  

4 

0 

0 

For  8  galons  4  or  5  pints  seek  from 

Cap:  Broun  .... 

89 

4 

0 

For  a  barrill  Lews  herin  to  Mr. 

Johnston  .... 

6 

0 

0 

For  gardin  seeds  from  Ms.  Willie 

9 

12 

0 

To  James  for  bringing  in  the  horss 

and  out  .... 

1 

12 

0 

For  green  oyntment  to  the  mairs 

hills     .  '  . 

1 

9 

0 

For  oats  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  a  scon  to  the  bairens  . 

0 

18 

0 

From  Mellersteans  of  oats  one 

boll  and  4  fous 

7 

0 

0 

From   Mellersteans  of  ots  one 

boll  

5 

0 

0 

From  Mellersteans  of  pies  one  boll 

5 

0 

0 

For  beans  to  the  hunting  mair  . 

2 

5 

0 

For  expenc  of  bringing  in  corn  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  pits  at  Mellersteans 

11 

15 

0 

For  yron  to  shoe  the  horss  lti.  5s. 

1 

5 

0 

For  markums  balls  from  Ingles 

1 

18 

0 

For  foulls  bought  by  Androw  L. 

sine  Decmr. 

14 

13 

0 

For  chickens  bought  by  A.  L.  this 

munth  ..... 

2 

0 

0 

For  howse  and  horss  expences  in 

small  things  from  Nov1  to  this 

day  

8 

18 

6 

For  my  expences  at  Ginelkirk  and 

Mellers.  .... 

9 

0 

0 

For  yron  for  horss  nails  and  other 


1702] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  63 


[Housekeeping] 

[Scots] 

things    got    from  Liedhowse 

£ 

s. 

d. 

marchant  • 

16 

15 

0 

May      For  18  loads  colls 

12 

12 

0 

For  oyl  from  Lady  Greenknow  1 . 

4 

0 

0 

For  sweeping  all  the  chimnys 

1 

17 

0 

For  whiting  the  howse  roofs  and 

all  

5 

4 

0 

12  For  malt  got  from  Preston  in  Lith 

in  full  payment 

111 

10 

0 

For  colls  that  cleard  of  the  old 

colyer  ..... 

7 

14 

0 

begins  this  For  5  scor  lods  colls  to  Edmis- 

years  colls    tons  2  man  .... 

60 

0 

0 

1702  For  2  bottles  oyl 

4 

16 

0 

For  12  pecks  of  oats 

3 

12 

0 

For  gresing  the  mairs  at  6d.  3  a 

pice  36  days 

21 

12 

0 

August  10  For  gresing  the  mairs  36  days  at 

6s.  a  day      .        .  ...... 

21 

12 

0 

26  For  8  bolls  malt  got  from  John 

Wight  .... 

64 

0 

0 

For  casting  truffs 

00 

14 

0 

For  going  out  and  in  to  Ed.  with 

horss,  etc.  .... 

5 

14 

0 

For  fouls  brought  to  Ed.  . 

8 

7 

6 

For  howse  at  Mellerstean  such  as 

salt,  etc.  .... 

1 

0 

0 

August  27  For  foulls  bread  etc.  since  the 

childrin  cam  ther  . 

4 

0 

0 

For  sevarall  things  given  out  by 

Androw  Lamb 

3 

0 

0 

To  pay  ane  old  account  of  Georg 

Lasons  for  1699 

9 

0 

0 

For  wax  and  waffers 

00 

15 

0 

For  5  scor  loads  of  colls  . 

60 

0 

0 

The  wife  of  Pringle  of  Greenknow.  2  John  Wauchope  of  Edmonstone. 

6d.  Sterling  or  6s.  Scots. 


64 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 

For  my  expences  at  Ginelkirk  £    s.  d. 

going,  coming        .        „        .  3  10  0 

For  Trumbels  bring  in  oats       .  0  15  0 

8  For  2  furlits  of  oats          .        .  3  15  0 

For  materialls  to  a  dyet  drink    .  3  14  0 

For  a  scor  colls  from  Carlips       .  12    0  0 

For  oats  to  the  mairs  .  .  2  4  8 
To  the  barber  6s.  more  7s.  Suther- 

lands  man  14s.  6d.        .        .  17  6 

To  Lesly  for  cariadges       .        .  6  14  6 

Oct.  12  To  Lesly  for  cariadges  in  full  of  all  10    0  0 

Meller-  For  a  veall  £6          ...  6    0  0 
steans  For  4  ship  brought  from  Andrew 

Lamb           .        .        .  12    0  0 
29  For  a  stack  of  hay  bought  in  the 

toun     .        .        .        .  39  10  0 
For  2  ston  cotten  6  in  the  tb.  at  £4 

6s.  2  ston  rag  6  lb.  one  ston  8  in 

lb.  2  ston  12  in  lb.  2  ston  20  in 

the  tb.  at  3£  6s.h  .        .  33  16  0 

For  a  fatt  cow  bought  at  the  fair  20    0  0 

For  2  ship  from  John  Wight      .  10    0  0 

For  2  ship  from  T.  Liedhowse  .  6  0  0 
For  3  ston  best  chease  at  2ti.  4s. 

the  cowrs  cheas  being  at  l£ 

16sh.  9  lb.  of  it  l£  6  4     .        .  7    5  4 

For  2  swin       .        .        .  20    0  0 

For  17J  staks  pittes  .  .  35  0  0 
For  27  stack  of  pitts  out  of  our 

moss  ..... 
To  Davi  Youll  to  goe  in  with  the 

ass               .        .        .        .  17  0 

For  a  pot  oyntment  to  the  mairs  19  0 

For  a  stack  of  hay  from  Person  .  28    0  0 

For  shoeing  horses  at  Mell.  .        .  2    2  0 

For  a  chair      .        .        .        .  0  14  6 

For  starch        .        .        .        .  0  16  0 

Nov.  20  For  cariadges            .        .        .  2    3  0 


1702]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


65 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 


Decmr 


£ 

s. 

d. 

To  cochman  and  groom  in  arles 

1 

9 

0 

To  a  ferriar  for  the  mairs 

0 

14 

6 

For  corn  to  the  mairs 

7 

14 

0 

For  powder  and  starch 

0 

8 

0 

For  2  ruks  hay  to  the  ases 

30 

0 

0 

For  a  lofe  suger  at  14s.  6d. 

2 

6 

0 

For  stabling  horses  payd  in  full  to 

Pat.  Hunter  .... 

43 

2 

0 

To  Sir  Robert  Chiesly  ane  old 

accumpt  of  ale 

78 

0 

0 

For  mending  the  coach  harnis  . 

5 

0 

0 

For  3  days  chairs 

2 

7 

0 

For  washing  linin  brought  from 

the  book  .... 

90 

12 

0 

For  meall  from  Jerriswood  2  bolls 

at  £5  .... 

For  backing  payd  Capn  Mitchell 

60 

0 

0 

For  brandy  got  from  Sir  Georg 

Hume  in  Decmr  1700  . 

61 

8 

0 

0  To  Bartie  Gibson  for  the  coch 

mairs  soeing,  etc.  from  Jan^  8 

1701  to  Nov.  13th  1702 

30 

0 

0 

From  James  Gray  2  bolls  meall  at 

£5  

10 

0 

0 

For  meall  at  Mellersteans  of  crop 

1701,  18  bolls  and  4  fous  at  £5 

per  boll  .... 

94 

0 

0 

For  corn  to  the  horss  at  Meller- 

steans of  the  crop  1701, 14  bolls 

at  £5  per  boll 

70 

0 

0 

To  foulls  and  swine  crop  1701  at 

£5  per  boll,  3b.  2f. 

17 

0 

0 

To  the  ass  of  ots  from  Mellerstens 

and  to  the  foulls  8  fouss,  of  the 

crop  1702  .... 

8 

0 

0 

For  bear  for  the  ases  from  Meller- 

steans crop  1702,  3f. 

3 

0 

0 

E 


66 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


Meller- 

steans 


Ditto 


[Housekeeping] 
For  shild  pies  from  Mellersteans  2 

peck  out  of  5  p.  1701  raw 
For  3  ship  to  the  servants  and 

salt  at  Mellersteans 
For  10  hens,  lOduckswild  foull  14s. 
For  saim  and  girthes  to  the  horss 
Dec.  24  For  18  pecks  bran  to  the  horss 

£3  12s  

For     fish    £3    6s.    Candle  £l. 
Salt  10s.  since  1st  November 
last  ..... 
For  drink  to  them  since  November 

1st  to  this  day 
For  fish  lis.,  spice  Is.,  sop  3s.  8d., 

to  the  servants  candle  . 
For  warping  ale  6s.,  sow  6s.,  sop  for 

naprie  7s. 
For  salt  pitter  to  6  lambs  £l  10, 
salt  £l  . 

For  a  f  orpit  of  malt  to  the  mairs  . 
For  blooding  the  horses 
For  washing  more  this  year 
For  bear  5  fous 

From  the  book  of  small  accumpts 
for  the  monthes  of  Janr,  Febr, 
March 
For  the  month  of  Aprill 
For  the  month  of  May  £48 
For  the  mounth  of  Juny  . 
For  the  monthes  of  July 

August 
For  the  mounthes  of  Septmr 
For  the  month  of  October 
For  the  monthes  of  Nov1" 
Decmr.  ... 
For  corn  to  the  horses  at  Meller 
steans  this  winter  of  the  crop 
1702   


[Scots] 


and 


and 


Decmr 
30 


£ 

s. 

d. 

2 

0 

0 

9 

14 

8 

1 

10 

0 

1 

19 

0 

3 

12 

0 

4 

16 

0 

0 

u 

u 

O 

Q 
O 

0 

19 

6 

2 

10 

0 

u 

Q 
O 

u 

u 

1U 

y) 

1 

Q 
O 

U 

6 

0 

0 

Q 
O 

n 
U 

41 

15 

0 

48 

1 

4 

132 

12 

4 

122 

4 

6 

94 

0 

2 

41 

14 

2 

145 

14 

4 

5 

0 

0 

1707]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  67 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
For         threves  oat  stra  to  the      £    s.  d. 

horss  .  .  .  .  .  80  0  0 
For  meall  at  Mellersteans  this 

winter  of  crop  1702  .  .  15  0  0 
For  meall  from  Jerriswood  was 

forgot  to  be  fill'd  up  on  the 

other  side     .        .        .  10    0  0 

For  10  bolls  malt  browin  in  Edin- 
burgh 1702  pay'd  to  Thomas 

Preston  at  7li.  and  6li.  per  boll  68  0  0 
For  a  cow  bought  by  Francy 

Newtons  wife  .  .  .  17  10  0 
For  brandy  from  James  Marjori- 

banks  .        .        .        .    228    3  0 

For  3  barralls  herin  whereof  2  sent 

to  London    .        .        .  36    0  0 

For  bringing  herin  from  Glsagow       5  13  4 


S.  3154  06  2 


Edenburg,  January  1st,  1707.    Houshold  Expenc. 
Deb.  to  Cash. 


For  12  dais  of  colls  from  James 

Ballinton            .  . 

68 

8 

0 

For  ale  browen  by  Ms.  Howie  of 

my  own  malt 

30 

11 

10 

For  frute  .... 

6 

0 

0 

For  2  duson  of  French  aples 

1 

4 

0 

For  1  ston  cotten,  rage  one  ston, 

gotten  from  Johnston,  candle- 

maker  .... 

9 

0 

0 

For  a  bottle  sweat  oyl  from  Ms. 

Wyllie  .... 

2 

8 

0 

To  Alexander  Wood  for  cariing 

£1  10s  

1 

10 

0 

For  rubarbane  ounc  £l  16s.,  beries 

2s  

1 

18 

0 

68 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1707 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 


Ma.  8 


For  limons  £l  2s.  more  £19  12s. 

£ 

s. 

d, 

4s  

20 

18 

0 

For  5  bottles  clarit  wine  from 

tenants  .... 

3 

15 

0 

Forchestons  14s.,suger  and  spices 

£4  9s.,  frute  £2  10s.,  Hungarie 

water  £l  16s. 

9 

9 

0 

For  taking  out  horses,  etc.  given 

out  by  Tarn  Youll 

2 

7 

0 

For   a   bottle   Queen  Hungary 

water  ..... 

0 

16 

0 

To  Frazar  for  ale  from  Oct1  10  to 

Janr  1st  1707 

33 

4 

0 

For  stra  to  the  mairs  £7  6s.  6d.  till 

Decmr  30,  1706  . 

7 

6 

6 

For  oyl  to  the  coch  £l  14s.  £l  17s. 

£1  17s  

4 

8 

0 

For  coalls  from  Ulmatt  £14  16s.  . 

14 

16 

0 

For  Mugwart  water  5s. 

0 

5 

0 

For  stra  to  the  mairs  19s.  16s.  15s. 

15s.  15s.  15s.  6d.  £1  4s.  £4  18s. 

10 

17 

6 

For  a  bottle  Hungary  water  16s. 

0 

16 

0 

For  tows  to  jack  4s.,  tobaca  14s. 

2s.       .  . 

1 

0 

0 

For  severall  smalls  given  out  by 

James  Carrin 

7 

5 

0 

For  ale  by  Ms.  Howi  of  my  own 

malt  ..... 

20 

17 

6 

For  3  bolls  mailt  from  Preston  in 

Lieth  at  £5  . 

15 

0 

0 

Stochton's  drops  14s. 

For  a  hogshead  cherie  seek  from 

Hugh  Mountgomerie 

200 

0 

0 

For  2  little  swin  at  Kelso  £4 

4 

0 

0 

To  Patrick  Hunter  in  full  of  all 

accounts  of  stabling 

22 

16 

0 

For  3  bolls  one  fou  oats  from 

Meller.  Crop  1705  at  £5  . 

16 

0 

0 

1707]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


69 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
15  For  14  galons  small  bear  from      £    s.  d. 
Abay  Hill  at  Is.  per  pint        .        5  12  0 
May  20  For  a  hogshead  clarit  sent  by 
Gawin  Plumer  to  Mellersteans 

For  10  pints  brandy — by  Sandy 

Inis  to  Edinburgh  .  20    0  0 

For  4  galons  brandy  sent  by  my 

brother  James  to  Mellersteans      57  12  0 

For  a  suger  lofe        .        .        .       3    7  6 

For  4  galons  ale  from  Ms.  Howie 

and  £l0's  worth  Ms.  Monro     .      12    8  0 
June  6    For  a  hogshead  clarit  laid  in  from 
Plummer  at  Edinburgh 

For  corks  and  botleing  it  at  Lieth 
and  cariing  the  bottles  Is.  duson 
cariing  doun  emty  and  2s.  per 
pice  duson  full  ther  being  19 
duson  of  chapin  bottles  and  3 
duson  of  muchkins,  and  drink- 
mony   .        .        .        .        .        4    8  0 

For  expence  at  Ginelkirk  9  men 

and  5  horss  .        .        .        .        3  12  0 

For  14  turs  stra  at  Edinburgh 

£14  ;  4  load  grass,  10s.  per  load      13  16  0 

For  oats  12  bols  2  f.  at  £3  made  in 
meall  wherof  66  ston  spent  at 
Mellersteans  betwixt  the  4th  of 
October  till  the  10  June  1707  by 
4  servants  and  swinglers  7,  3, 
days  and  one  a  month  to  serve 
also  2  pecks  grots  and  6  pecks 
to  Edinburgh  and  18  ston  meall     37    4  0 
Meller-    For  4J  lb.  candibrod  suger         .       3  16  6 
stean      For  courser  suger     .        .        .       2  18  0 
June  10  For  a  lb.  capers  a  lb.  cucumbers 

£1  7s.  ....170 

Forounc  nutmugs  9s.,  \  cloves  5s., 

1  lb.  spice  18s.      .        .        .        1  12  0 


70  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1707 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 


Ditto 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  4  tb.  rise  £l  4s.  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  bread  at  Edinburgh  from 

October  10  to  June  10  . 

26 

0 

0 

For  1|  fows  malt  to  servants  in 
Meller[steans]  in  winter  . 

1 

15 

6 

For  a  sow  to  Edinburgh  from 

widow  Wight 

14 

0 

0 

For  sop  5s.,  blew  2s.  4d.,  thread 

3s.  2d.,  sand  and  oyl  2s.  6d.,  ale 

2s.,  quicknin  Is.  this  in  winter 

at  Mellerstean  by  Mary  Muir  . 

0 

17 

6 

For  ale  Aprill  1st  10  pints  werping 

2  pints  .... 

1 

4 

0 

For  6  sheep  from  Mellerstains  to 

Edinburgh  .... 

20 

8 

0 

For  ale  from  Ms.  Monro 

10 

0 

0 

For  4  dales  colls  from  Ulmatt  in 

full  of  all  account  . 

16 

4 

0 

For  corn  to  the  horss  at  Meller- 

steans  crop  1706  at  £3  3s. — 

31  bol— till  the  2d  of  October 

97 

10 

0 

For  light  corn  to  the  horss  £l  4s. 

at  28s.  per  boll 

2 

2 

6 

For  corn  to  the  swine  crop  1706  at 

£3  3s.  per  boll  4  b[olls]  1  fprlot] 

12 

11 

0 

For  66  threves  oat  stra  at  4s.  per 

threve  at  Mellerstains 

12 

18 

0 

For  pies  to  the  swine  crop  1705, 

1  f.  2  p  

1 

7 

0 

For  bear  to  the  swine  2  bolls  1  f. 

£5  per  boll  .... 

11 

0 

0 

For  swine  and  fouls  till  Oct.  3d 

7  bols  oats  at  £3  3s. 

22 

1 

0 

To  the  mairs  sent  to  Edinburgh  in 

winter  9  bols  oats  at  £3  3s. 

28 

7 

0 

For  a  Tb.  tobaca  £l  4s. 

1 

4 

0 

For  mum  from  Ms.  Monro 

7 

1 

0 

1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  71 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
For  a  punshon  small  bear  from       £    s.  d. 

Lieth    .        .        .        .        .       6    0  0 
To   Alshy   Wood   for  cariages 

£2  4s,  6d  2    4  6 

June  10  For  12  bolls  4  fous  at  £3  4s.  of  oats 
made  at  Mellerstains  wherin 
ther  was  53  ston  meall  and  2 
pecks  and  a  half  of  grots  6  pecks 
seads  of  on  kilfull  in  the  other 
kilfull  42  ston  and  4  ston  to  the 
fouls  and  4  J  pecks  grots  6  pecks 


Sep.  24 


o\^Ctv4.kj          •                    •                    •                    •  • 

41 

0 

0 

For  6  bolls  2  fous  oats  made  in 

TYipall  at  ££5         npr  hoi 

111V_.CL11    <X%J    &**%J    tJyJm     IJ^i-      KJ\JL  . 

20 

4 

6 

Ta  pytiptip  f\t   f^inplkirk'  with  R 

llvyl  00       •               •               •               •  • 

9 

1 4 

JL  r 

0 

Vs 

T^nv  ttipjii"  anfl  Hririlr  at"  T^idinHnrcrli 

JL.  KJL    IILCCIU  ClllU.       1111 IV  at  UUH1UU1H11 

9\  f mi"rt"Yii clrf*  wii"Vi  S  (iPTOflnts 

Cu  1UU1  Ulll^llt    VV 1 1/11  *J   OCI  VdllL/O  . 

VJ  Ld 

0 

VJ 

0 

VJ 

To   pvnpn p   at'   (^J-iTiplk'iT'lr  witVi 

1U      l^^V  IJL^llv^      CIKj      VJrllldlVll  JV      VV  1  L/ll  VJ 

horss    .        .        .        .  ,  . 

3 

11 

6 

For  5  load  gras  to  the  mairs  in 

May  ...... 

2 

5 

0 

To  Patrick  Hunter,  stabler,  in  full 

of  all  accounts 

10 

10 

0 

To  Alshi  Wood,  cariar,  £3  14s.  . 

3 

4 

0 

For  a  load  Scarsburg  water 

22 

0 

0 

To  Hendry  Youll  for  a  boll  malt 

makeing  £4  more  . 

5 

8 

0 

For  6  bolls  bear  for  malt  at  £5  per 

bol       .        .        .        .  . 

30 

0 

0 

To  Alshy  Wood  in  full  of  all 

accounts  .... 

3 

0 

0 

For  ale  to  Grace  Brunfild  at  Green- 

law ..... 

3 

0 

0 

For  canlle  from  Agnes  Smith  in 

Kelso  from  June  the  10th  till 

the  1st  of  October  4  ston  2  lb. 

wherof  a   stone   J  cotten  at 

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[1707 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 

£4    per   ston   comon   candle      £    s.  d. 

£3  12    .        .        .        .  15    9  0 

Sep.  29  For  sope  from  Thomas  Chato  in 

Kelso  from  June  10th  to  this 

day  at  6  shilline  per  pound    .      10  16  0 
Ditt.    For  starch  and  indigoe  to  said 

Chato  .        .        .        .       10  0 

Ditt.    For  severall  small  things  to  the 

house  from  said  Chato  such  as 

veniger,  spice,  gatt,  same,  etc.  6  0  0 
For  half  a  ston  of  candle  more 

from  Agnis  Smith  .  .  .  1  16  0 
For  9  ib.  wight  candle  5  last  winter 

and  4  in  Aprill  when  Jerriswood 

was  out  .  .  .  .  1  16  0 
For  a  thousand  herins  .  .  6  0  0 
For  expenc  of  horses  bringing  to 

Edinburgh  .  .  .  .  2  16  0 
For  14  loads  colls  .  .  .  2  5  0 
For  a  tb.  tobaca  £l  4s.  .  .  14  0 
For   soap   at   Mellerstains  last 

winter  12s  0  12  0 

To  sow  piges  .  .  .  .  13  4 
For  bringing  wine  from  Lieth 

mans  expences  .  .  .  0  13  0 
For  salt  at  Mellerstains  last  winter 

from  Oct.  1st  to  June  .  .  4  10  0 
For  16  scor  ewes  milk  2  days  for 

cheases  .  .  .  .  5  6  6 
For  sundry  expence  with  horss  at 

Broxmouth,  etc.,  payed  Tarn  .       2  15  0 
Oct.  2d  For  30  threve  oat  stra  to  the  horse 

at  4s.  per  threve   .        .        .       6    0  0 
ditt.  For  78  threve  bear  stra  at  2s.  6d. 

per  threve     .        .        .        .       9  15  0 
For  pies  to  horss  at  Edinburgh 
1  bol  2  f.,  horse  at  Meller[steans] 

4  fo:  41  8  16  0 


1709]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  73 


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X .  Ul    lu  IJllll/O  lJltXlL\JLy    LfayKX  \jrctVYlll 

1-^  111      pre  tv>  a  n 

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j?  or  1 1  r licks  nay  at  %>v  ana  xo  per 

ruck  ..... 

93 

0 

0 

For  14  lambs  from  the  Park  kild 

14 

0 

0 

For  19  sheap  at  £4  per  pice  from 

the  Park  .... 

76 

0 

0 

For  ane  ox  and  a  cow  from  the 

Park  kild  .... 

50 

0 

0 

1620  10  0 

Brought  from  day  book  this  year     827  10  0 


2448  0  0 

By  11  ruks  hay  of  Coltcrooks  park  93  0  0 
By  8  horse  grased  on  Coltcrooks 

park  at  £12  per  pice      .  96  0  0 


S.2637    0  0 


Mellerstaine,  January  1st,  1709.  Housekeeping. 
Deb:  to  Cash. 

For  2  J  f ous  of  shield  bear  for  broth  £     s.  d. 

from  the  Milne  .  .  .  4  3  0 
For  4J  ounce  of  indigoe  at  7s.  per 

ounce  .        .        .        .       .  116 


74 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1709. 


4th 


18 


Ditto 


May  1 


[Housekeeping] 

[Scots] 

For  2  boll  malt  from  Hendry 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Youll  

16 

0 

0 

For  4  ib.  sope  £l,  more  10s.  10s. 

10s.  10s.  15s.  £1  15s.  10s.  10s. 

6 

10 

0 

For  candle  9s.  pay'd  in  full  for 

candle  from  Greenlaw 

4 

13 

0 

For  muton  to  the  servants  £3  5s. 

more  £2  6. 

5 

11 

0 

For  13  bolls  bear  at  £7  per  boll 

from  the  tenants  . 

48 

11 

8 

For  makeing  2  stip  of  mailt  of  the 

abovesaid  bear 

6 

0 

0 

For  ale  given  the  maltman  for  a 

steep  at  Huntly  Wood  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  ale  to  John  Shiels's  stiep  of 

malt     .  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  2  tb.  suger 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  ib.  spice  from  Kelso 

1 

4 

0 

For   George   Dods   expence  to 

Edinburgh,  etc. 

1 

16 

0 

For  23  pints  of  brandy  bought 

by  John  Monro 

48 

6 

6 

For  half  a  barrill  of  Glasgow  herins 

5 

10 

0 

For  a  J  fow  bear  meall 

0 

17 

0 

For  2  swine  from  the  mime 

24 

0 

0 

For  1  ounc  cinamon  at  10s.  ounc, 

cloves  9s.,  ounce  nutmugs  10s. 

1 

9 

0 

For  1  ounce  mace  at  £l  6s.,  2 

kitchen  suger  12s.  . 

1 

18 

0 

For  4  ib.  4  ounces  loaf  suger  at  14s. 

per  ib.  .... 

2 

19 

6 

For  a  chapin  cucombers  £l,  a  ib. 

capers  16s.  .... 

1 

16 

0 

For  a  muchkin  oyl  . 

1 

1 

0 

For  2|  ston  butter  at  £3  10s.  per 

stone,  salt  Is. 

8 

16 

0 

For  wild  foull  from  Bowir  to  this 

day  ..... 

1 

10 

0 

1709] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  75 


1  xxu  iiocivcc  L»my  1 

[Scots] 

£ 

c 
o. 

vl. 

For  butter  from  Kelso  £8  . 

1 

X. 

X  4 

u 

T^nr          ^tnnp    hiittpr   from  IVT^ 

Bilingham  .... 

Q 

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Ti'nr  vpniocPT*   9  "ninths 

± 

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X  Ul    tc   1U.   HUUCo   d L    IttOi            •  • 

9 

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X1  Ul    oliyCl    USi  ... 

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A 

V/ 

T^CiT"  £  tli   Qi~J}"rph  S  tV>     T"iAwdp"P  at  ztQ 

TiPV  tn 

UCI    1U.  .... 

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A 
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TTfiT*  ji  ih  tnlifiPfi 

X  Ul     <X    lUi    L.  vj  yj  iXKjCX  ... 

X 

A 
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TTrkf  CWPflt  rillttPT* 

X  Ul    aWCal   UULIC1  ... 

u 

D 

A 

V/ 

For  fonlk 

X  Ul    lUU.Ho  .... 

o 

x 

o 

For  2  (bison  orano'es 

4 

X  V 

o 

For  drink  in  .Tohn  Shiels's 

i 

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A 
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TTr»T*  19  rioll<;  (irin  €\  fnw  of  ofitc;  fit 

X  Ul    1a    UUllo  dHU  <X  1UW    Ul   UcALo  at 

+  Q   r>pr    noil  w  n pti ti    "hnpfp  was 

jJXj     JJC1     UUH    W11C1H1     L11C1C      W  Cto 

1 2  stone  twise  shild  meall  and 

JL  mm      u  tV/llV       \J  TV  1  O  V-^      UllllVl     111V  (All  villU. 

zlS  ston  h  oi  i  s  h  ol  d  mpall  and 

ofnn    foT*    "fipfiiTicr    fnnl<s    pnfl  8 

OCVJll      1U1       llCVAlxlii                             CHILI  O 

TiPpItq  rrT*oi"Q 

UCLJVk)  yiuio      •             •             •  • 

XUiv 

X  u 

A 

For      fnrlit<;  Tiipc:  QhiplH 

X  Ul           1  LAX  11  I/O                    OlllClLl            •  • 

5 

o 

o 

For  a  furlite  bear  meall  from 

V*  1U.UVV    VVlgllL  ... 

i 

1  zt 

A 
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T^z-v-p  A,  tti    Vi  nnt 

X  Ul        1U.  llUJUo                •             •  . 

9 

X  \J 

For  3  botles  white  wine  £2  8 

X.    V  '  1             '         '  /  V  '  L>  X      O          W  111  Lv          VVXXXV^              —            '  ^ 

VClllgCl  ua.  .... 

9 

14 

X 

0 

For  12  ib    suffer  5s    12  tb  8s 

Ldiidyc  x^*o.  .... 

1  — 

Q 
O 

A 
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X  Ul    LI  U  U.  I/O                •                .                 .  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  2  flrikins  butter  wighting  each 

4  stone  13  ounces  including  the 

barrills  one  at  13  sh.  6d.  the 

other  14  sh.  and  a  sivenpence 

cariage  from  Anick  to  Wooller 

17 

3 

0 

For  veniger  12s.  a  tb.,  butter  6d. 

0 

18 

0 

For  a  quarter  of  bief  at  Kelso  . 

7 

12 

a 

76 


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[1709 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

For  floor  at  Kelso  .  .  .  0  18  0 
For  mirr  4s.  tobaca  and  pips 

£1  12s.  waffers  4s.  bread  £l  .  3  0  0 
For  mending  the  jack  12  sh.  wild 

foull  £1  5s.  .  .  .  .  1  17  0 
June  23  For  half  a  firiken  of  sope  .  .  5  11  0 
For  pigeons  12s.  .  .  .  0  12  0 
To  Ms.  Oliphent  for  suger  .  3  4  0 
For  tobaca  14  sh.  .  .      .       0  14  0 

For  2  dusone  hard   fish  from 

Patton  one  at  12  sh.  one  at 

14s.  and  cariage  .  .  .  14  13  0 
For  .  .  .  ston  cotten  candle  at 

....  and  .  .  .  stone  rage  weeked 

candle  at   30    0  0 

For  candle  at  4s.  6d.  per  lb.  clears 

all  from  Greenlaw  .        .       3  12  0 

For  blew  12s.  blew  £3  4s.  at  8  per 

ounce  3  16  0 

For   a  fou  of   bear  for  meall 

£2  12s  2  12  0 

Aug.  12  For  2  ib.  sope  lOsh.  10s.  15s.  10s. 

10s.  10s  3    5  0 

For  65  stacks  peats  casten  in  the 

moss,  £1  10  for  30^  of  them  .  45  15  0 
For  spices,  pickles,  etc.  from  Ms. 

Oliphant  .  .  .  .  4  8  0 
To  William  Mitchell  pairt  of  his 

fathers  account  for  backing  .  110  0  0 
For  corks  from  Edinburgh  £7  2s.  7  2  0 
For  limons  and  orangs  £7  8s. 

more  £4  16s.         .        .  12    4  0 

For  sundry  things  sent  by  Ms. 

Monro  such  as  solan  gees,  herin, 

bread,  etc  12    8  0 

For  brandy  at  £2  2s.  per  pint  .  48  6  6 
For  a  barrill  of  herin        .        .       5  10  0 


1709]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  77 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
For  diner  at  Channelkirk  going  to 

toun  ..... 
For  linin  washing  while  14  days  in 

Edinburgh    .  . 
For  3  bolls  malt  from  Preston  of 

ane  old  account  in  full  of  all  he 

can  ask  or  crave  15 
For  cariing  bagage 
For  spirit  of  wine  14  sh.,  2  fb. 

pouder  10s. 
For  4  tb.  suger 
For  8  hunder  Dumbar  herins 
For  a  cariage  and  a  half  pay'd 

John  Waugh  to  Edinburgh 
For  a  stack  piets  from  Robert 

Hope  in  winter 
For  3  veals  .... 
Sep.  26  To  William  Burnit  for  couper 

work  since  9  Sept.  last  . 
For  8  darg  troves  casting  at  6 

pence  per  day 
For  51  loads  colls  from  Itell 

[?Etal]  Hill  at  6d.  per  load  . 
For  a  stone  and  a  tb.  butter  from 

John  Mair  in  Jerriswood 
For  1  ib.  suger  18s.  more  18s.  18s. 

14s.  £1  16s  

For  a  four  gallon  barrill  being  1-J 

aghtendeel  wite  boonties  and 
aghtendell  graw  errete1 

was   16  gulders  3  sturs  the 

profite  and  exchange  of  mony 

by  Lewis  Pringle  in  all  is  19    9  0 

For  a  firikine  Dutch  sope  from 

Lewis  Pringle        .        .        .       9  12  0 


£ 

s. 

d. 

6 

0 

0 

10 

8 

0 

15 

2 

6 

0 

6 

0 

1 

4 

0 

2 

8 

0 

6 

4 

0 

2 

5 

0 

7 

0 

0 

6 

10 

0 

12 

0 

0 

2 

8 

0 

15 

6 

0 

3 

8 

0 

5 

14 

0 

1  Aghtendeel  wite  boonties  =  eighth  part  of  white  beans  (harricot  beans), 
and  aghtendell  graw  errete  =  eighth  part  of  grey  peas.  The  words  are  old 
Dutch  phonetically  spelled. 


78 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1709 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  leg  beef  and  the  trips  of  it 

4 

1 

0 

For  2  dusone  hard  fish  from  Will 

Patton 

14 

13 

0 

For  veniger  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  botle  of  oyl 

2 

2 

0 

For  half  a  dusone  aples  to  Grisie 

2 

14 

0 

For  a  botle  oyl 

2 

2 

0 

For  f rawght  and  other  expences  of 

bringing  the  Spaw  water  from 

Lieth  to  Edinburgh 

11 

6 

0 

For  a  veall  from  Munga  Brounlies 

2 

0 

0 

For  candle  £2,  more  £3  12s.  more 

12s.      .     .  . 

6 

4 

0 

For  1  fb.  spice 

1 

4 

0 

For  cheas  at  £2  2s.  per  stone 

1 

16 

0 

For  brandy  at  £2  16  per  pint 

6 

17 

0 

For  tobaca  .... 

2 

6 

0 

To   workmen   for   clineing  the 

closes   .        .  * 

1 

10 

0 

For  24  bolls  2  fous  2  pecks  meall 

made  in  Janr  last  and  put  in 

the  ark  at  £5  10s.  the  boll  oats 

132 

0 

0 

For  31  bolls  oats  to  the  horses  at 

£6  the  boll  betwixt  the  2d  Octr 

1708  and  the  1st  Sepr  1709, 

that  the  horse  was  taken  in 

186 

0 

0 

For  5  bolls  horse  corn  in  the 

abovesaid  time  £3 

15 

0 

0 

For  foulls  that  was  fed  1  bol.  2  f. 

at  £6  

8 

8 

0 

For  f eading  all  the  fouls  in  generall 

and  swine  3  bolls  3  f. 

21 

12 

0 

For  peas  to  the  horse  in  abovesaid 

time  2  bols  1  f .  at  £7 

15 

8 

0 

For  pies  to  the  fed  swine  in  above- 

said  time,  etc.  2  bols  4  f .  . 

19 

12 

0 

For  12  bolls  2  fows  oats  made 


1709] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  79 


[Housekeeping]  [Scots] 
in  meall  in  May  last  wherein  £  s.  d. 
there  was  84  stone  houshold 
meall  and  10  stone  twise  shield 
meall  and  8  stone  given  to 
Munga  Park  for  Langshaw 
milnetakeof  £11  4s.  forMun[g]a 


Parks  the  oats  comes  at  £6  to 

63 

4 

0 

For  horses  in  the  abovesaid  time 

6  bolls  1  f.  2  p.  at  £6  . 

37 

16 

0 

For  light  oats  at  half  price,  7  bols, 

1  f.  2  p  

21 

18 

0 

For  pies  to  the  horse  1  bol  3  f .  at 

£7  .... 

9 

4 

0 

For  pies  to  swine,  pigions,  etc.  3 

bols  If  

22 

8 

0 

For  bear  stra  to  the  horse  at  8  per 

th.  19  th. 

7 

12 

0 

For  200  threve  oat  stra  at  12  per 

th  

120 

0 

0 

For  19  th.  bear  stra  at  8s.  per 

threve  ..... 

7 

12 

0 

For  3  cows  gras  in  the  Mains 

12 

0 

0 

For  milk  £2  2s.  cheas  £2  2  sh. 

4 

8 

0 

For  a  leg  bief 

3 

4 

0 

For  a  stone  butter  . 

3 

6 

0 

For  spices  suger  etc.  from  Charles 

Ormiston  .... 

12 

0 

0 

For  spices  £l  18,  starch  £l,  tobaca 

and  snuff  £3  10s. 

6 

8 

0 

For  expences  in  botleing  the  clarit 

and  puting  14  dusone  a  bottles 

in  shiepboord  for  London 

9 

18 

0 

For  1  stone  3  quarters  candle  from' 

Greenlaw  since  Oct. 

6 

0 

6 

For  three  bolls  of  wheat  bought 

from  Rutherfoord 

36 

0 

0 

To  Alexander  Wood  for  cariing  all 

this  year  and  pairt  of  the  last  . 

18 

4 

0 

80 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Housekeeping] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  bringing  pigeons  6s.  . 

0 

6 

0 

For  two  milk  cows  from  the  Park 

72 

0 

0 

t  or  2  veals  from  the  Park 

8 

0 

0 

T  -i            n                                  n                   ,  f           ~f-%        1  I'll 

For  five  cows  from  the  Park  kild 

130 

0 

0 

For  34  sheap  kild  in  the  house 

137 

6 

0 

For  9  sheap  salted  m  the  ladner  . 

36 

0 

0 

For  11  lambs  kild  to  the  house  . 

24 

0 

0 

For  bringing  pigions  6s. 

0 

6 

0 

For  drinkmony  for  pigions  from 

Rutherfoord 

0 

12 

0 

From  daybook  for  this  year 

173 

12 

0 

For  suger  pickles,  etc.  from  Ms. 

Olifent  .... 

50 

0 

0 

For  14  rucks  hay  at  £9  per  pice 

126 

0 

0 

For  graseing  13  horses 

156 

0 

0 

S, 

,2603 

0 

8 

Mellerstaines,  January  1710.  Housekeeping. 
Deb.  to  Cash. 

Sterling 

For  14  bolls  bear  for  two  steeps  of 
malt  at  £8  10s.  Scots  which  is  in 


English  moony  14  sh.  2d. 

9 

18 

4 

For  makeing  the  two  kills  full  of 

mailt  at  Kelso 

0 

18 

10£ 

For  2  stone  barlie  6s.  4d.  . 

0 

4 

6 

For  8  lb.  paper  16s.,  1  lb.  nutmugs 

10s.,  a  botle  oyl  3s.  6d.  . 

1 

9 

6 

For  4  ounces  blew  3s.  4  lb.,  starch 

Is.  6d  

0 

5 

6 [sic] 

For  a  muchkine  orang  floor  water 

2s.  6d  

0 

2 

6 

For  6  dusone  limons  and  2  duson 

oranges  .... 

1 

0 

0 

1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  81 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

X  Ul     t      IJlllLO    Ul    lllll  J  II                       •  • 

o 

X  X 

Q 
o 

For  suger  at  Is.  2d.  per  lb.  from 

Sir  Robert  Blackwood 

1 

13 

6 

For  bisket  to  my  L[ord]  Marches 

childreen  and  Lord  Grahme 

o 

3 

0 

T^ot*  d*  hnrlpQ  of  whitp  winp  pit  /Lq 

i.  Ul      a?    UULilCO    Ul     VV  111  IV^     VV  11IC    CI  1/  T)o. 

per  pint  .... 

o 

9 

0 

PY»r  p      Trill  nf  T<ipwc:  hprin  £l  1  <j 

X  Ul    CXi    Udlllll  Ul   X-41U  VV  O  11U1111        X    X  .3  • 

Rd   pfiriiric  frnm  Tiiprn  lOd 

OU.    \^C11  llllii    11  Ulll    1  i  1  V~  111    IvUi  • 

1 

X 

9 

— 

u 

For  brandy  at  4s.  lOd.  per  pint 

6 

5 

8 

For  4  botles  brandy  at  4s.  8d.  per 

pint  and  cariing  2d. 

0 

9 

6 

For  3  dusone  and  4  hard  fish 

1 

10 

8 

Tn'nr  WA^hincp  lining  m  T^flinbnro'n 

l  ui    vv  doiiiiii;   iiniiio  111  xjuinuuiiiii 

near  10  weeks 

1 

1 

2 

For  starcht  linins  dresing  and 

washing  said  time  . 

1 

2 

0 

T^nr  PYnpn ppc  ocnirio1  in  rn  Edin- 

X  UX     CAUCHLCij         Ulll  L:     111     IU     XJv.ll  II 

hnrcn  n  n  rl  pompinc  mir 

UL11I/11    CtllVl    1/UlllClllid    UUL  . 

X 

XU 

0 

u 

T^nr    Pfirifi  ocp<2    in    ■!- V»  c»  I-    tittip  hv 

X  Ul        UCUKXi^to       111       \jLLCX\j       LI  11  It/  UV 

Wood  .... 

o 

16 

0 

To  household  exnence  in  Edin- 

rmrcrn   npaT  10  wppItc:  nrmio'rit' 

UUXi^ll     11CCH      XU      VV  CCJVO  UlUUi^lll/ 

irom  H  p  "\rnoo     "hnic:  A^Pfir 

ix  uiii  ua  v  uuujv  Liiio  y  cdi  •  • 

o 

7 

ft 
o 

For  2  stnnp  pandlp  from  Cirppnlfiw 

JL  UX    hd    OtUlI^  UCL11U1U  XX  Ulll   VJl  V/^lllU/ VV 

of  fioh 

cxYj  Uoxx.                  •               •               •  • 

o 

u 

1 2 

X  — 

O 

u 

For  13  plls  seckin  at  lOd  npr  pll 

JL  UX    Jl.U   vllO          L  IV 1 1 1    *  I  L    XUVX.    UUX    Ull  . 

o 

10 

10 

TTot  q  mt^our  fi nnp 

X1  Ul   d  jJCuiV  11UU1  ... 

u 

o 

— 

o 

u 

T^ot  q  VmpV  ^nv  anrl  n  niTnn  of  nipf 
x  ux  <x  uciuiv  sdy  ctiiv-i  ex  i  liiiiu  ul  uicx 

o 

u 

o 

For  a  for  leer  of  veall 

0 

2 

1 

For  half  a  leg  of  bieff 

0 

6 

8 

For  \  tobaca  Is.  lj,  pips  2dJ, 

chark  3d|  .... 

0 

1 

For  12  flasks  Burgundy  at  7s.  per 

flask  ..... 

4 

4 

0 

For  a  lb.  cinamon  10s.,  \  lb.  cloves 

5s.  |  mace  12sh.  . 

1 

7 

0 

F 


82 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  2  stone  rice  at  8  sh.  per  stone 

0 

16 

0 

For  half  a  pound  Bohea  tee 

1 

1 

0 

For  I  lb.  green  tee  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  barrill  salt  cod  from  Bailiff 

Fall  in  Dumbar 

1 

3 

4 

For   cariage   of   the   cod  from 

Dumbar 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  boll  oats  to  the  mares 

0 

13 

4 

For  cariages  payd  Alexander 

Wood  .... 

0 

3 

6 

For  pigions  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  pint  of  oile  [?]  to  the 

werping  .... 

0 

0 

2 

For  a  fatt  oxe  from  Thomas 

Turner  to  kill  .200 
For  corn  to  the  above-  \    2  17  6 

said  oxe  at  £7  10s.  per 

boll      .        .        .  0  17  6 
For  12  bolls  of  oates  made  of  meall 

at  12  sh.  6d.  per  boll,  there  was 

of  houshold  meall  48  ston,  of 

meall  for  sour  cakes  5  stone, 

for  meall  to  the  foulls  30  stone, 

there  was  three  pecks  of  grots  7  10  0 
For  twelve  bolls  oates  made  in 

meall  103  stone  103  stone  [sic] 

and  6  pecks  of  grots,  thire  oats 

was  at  12sh.  6d.  per  boll  .  7  10  0 
The  meall  of  thire  24  bolls  oats 

was  begune  to  on  the  23d  of 

November  last  1709 
For  15  bolls  oates  to  the  coach 

mares  preceeding  the  1st  of 

Aprill  at  the  Christinmas  fiers 

£7  10s.  Scots  .  .  .  9  7  6 
For  3  bolls  to  straingers  horse 

preceeding  the  1st  of  April     .       1  17  6 


1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  83 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  3  fous  oates  to  the  cart  horses 

0 

6 

For  2  bolls  2  fous  to  the  swine  and 

fouls  preceeding  1  Aprill 

1 

s 

4 

For  9  bolls  light  oates  to  the  foils 

and  other  3  horses  preceeding 

the  1st  of  Aprill  at  5sh.  per  boll 

2 

5 

0 

For  3  fous  peas  to  the  mares  at  15 

sh.  per  boll  . 

0 

9 

o 

For  1  boll  bear  made  in  meall  at 

15sh.  per  boll 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  sow  from  Adam 

Hutchison     .        .10  0 

For  a  boll  oats  to  feed 

16 

3 

the  abovesaid  sow    0  12  6 

1 

For  a  fow  of  peas  to  the 

sow  and  1  peck     .0    3  9, 

For  10  forpers  1  of  peas  reckon' d 

1  furlit  and  a  peck  at  15  sh.  per 

boll  given  to  the  pigions 

o 

3 

9 

For  2  forpets  peas  to  the  house 

o 

o 

9 

For  lj  fows  peas  to  the  mares  at 

15s  

• 

o 

4 

For    A    fow    bear    meall  from 

Widow  Wight 

o 

1 

3 

For  limons  and  oranges  at  2s.  6d. 

per  duson 

o 

8 

o 

For  2  duson  limons  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  brandy  at  5sh.  per  pint 

1 

8 

1 

For  a  stone  butter  . 

0 

6 

0 

For  100  herins  . 

0 

2 

4 

For  salt  pitter  8d.  4d. 

0 

1 

0 

For  6  bolls  4  fous  and  3  fourtperts 

came  to  the  horse  oats  . 

4 

1 

8 

For  half  a  stone  of  pouder  4d \ 

0 

3 

0 

1  Forpet,  forper,  or  fourtpert  is  stated  by  Jamieson  to  be  the  fourth  part  of  a 
peck,  or  in  other  words  a  lippy.  Lady  Grisell,  however,  makes  it  the  fortieth 
part  of  a  boll,  or  equal  to  if  of  a  lippy.    This  entry  is  arithmetically  wrong. 


84 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1710 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


May  27 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  6  gross  of  corks  . 

0 

7 

6 

For  a  botle  of  spirits 

0 

2 

0 

For   severall   small   things  for 

Rachels  backing  . 

0 

6 

5 

For  killing  3  swine  . 

0 

1 

0 

For   the   coches   going   in  for 

Colonel  Stewarts  lady 

0 

1 

6 

For  the  cartes  going  to  Edinburgh 

for  the  kavie  etc. 

0 

2 

5 

For  4  lb.  small  candle  Is.  6d. 

0 

1 

6 

To  Alshy  Wood  for  cariing 

0 

4 

0 

For  2  lb.  hopes  2s.  4d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  22  gooslings  from  Togoe  [sic] 

0 

11 

0 

For  a  firikine  of  sope  as  it  cost  at 

Newcastle  .... 

0 

18 

0 

For  10  lb.  Cheshire  cheas 

0 

3 

4 

For  whittining  to  the  wals  Is.  3d. 

Glew  Is.  6d. 

For  bringing]  the  flrikin  sope 

from  the  Hirsile 

0 

1 

0 

For  wild  foull  from  Bowir  3  sh. 

0 

3 

0 

For  sundry  small  things  in  Edin- 

burgh 3sh.  more  2sh. 

0 

5 

0 

For   Ginelkirk   bill   going  and 

comeing  the  first  of  June 

0 

9 

0 

For  boord  wages  to  three  servants 

in  Edinburgh 

0 

8 

0 

For  the  coach  mares  at  Kelso 

with  Lady  Rutherfoord  • 

0 

1 

2 

For  eight  dargs  of  truffs  casting 

by  Mowit  .... 

0 

4 

0 

For  2  swine  from  Adam  Hutchison 

1 

17 

6 

For  servants  beds,  etc.  at  Edin- 

burgh ..... 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  cariage  of  clarit  and  another 

of  cloathes  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  4  lb.  candle  Is.  8d. 

0 

1 

8 

1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  85 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For  lj  gros  korks  2s.  5|  lb. 

almonds  Is.  . 
For  500  herin  5s.  10d.,  500  herin 

5  sh  

For  tobaca  a  lb.  Is.  lOd.  . 
For  wildefoull  plivergs  [sic]  gray 

at  6d.  green  5d.  per  pair,  ducks 

6d.  per  pice  small  tiel  4d.  per 

pice  ..... 
Sep.  For  bringing  wine  from  Dumbar 

etc.  M.  Brounlies 
For  salt  from  Munga  at  4d.  §  per 

peck  ..... 
For  cariages  of  Spaw  water,  etc., 

by  Alshy  Wood 
For  suger  at  8d.  a  pound  got  by 

Lady  Couston 
For  pears  and  aples  at  the  second 

hand  a  gess  1  of  both 
For  a  gess  of  aples  from  Purvis 

Hall  

For  frute  at  the  fair 
For  barberies  in  drinkmony 
30  Oct.  For  cariages   by  Alshy  Wood 

preeceeding  this  day 
For  22  wild  foull  at  6  pence  a  pice 
For  2  bolls  meall  from  Jerriswood 

at  £6  per  boll 
Decmr  For  wine  from  the  Taverin  in  all 

£4  wherof  £l  set  in  d[ay]  book 
For   colls   at   Edinburgh  from 

midle  November  till  January, 

£1 16s.  6d.  wherof  £l  4s.  8d.  set 

in  day  book 
To  Alshy  Wood  for  cariages  from 

8  Novr  till  January,  £l  6s.  6d. 


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

3 

5 

0 

10 

10 

0 

1 

10 

0 

5 

8 

0 

10 

4 

0 

8 

6 

0 

16 

0 

1 

1 

6 

0 

8 

0 

0 

7 

6 

0 

3 

6 

0 

1 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

11 

0 

01 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

11 

10 

1  Gess  or  guess  applied  as  a  measure  for  apples  and  pears  two  or  three 
times,  but  no  information  as  to  its  meaning  has  been  found. 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

wherof  8s.  6d.  more  2s.  in  day 

£ 

s. 

d. 

book 

0 

16 

0 

For  bread  sent  to  Mellerstaines  . 

0 

3 

6 

For  ale  from  Baillie  Hay  when 

Grisie  was  maried  .        .     .  . 

0 

16 

8 

For  brandy  .... 

0 

17 

8 

For  drags  to  the  efflixar  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  pice  of  wine  at  Grisies 

mariage  from  Doc:  Melvin  . 

28 

10 

0 

For  aples  bought  at  Kelso 

0 

6 

8 

For  a  lofe  suger  at  Is.  Id. \  per  lb. 

0 

7 

6 

To  Ms.  Howie  for  linins  to  our  beds 

0 

2 

6 

For  spices  .... 

0 

6 

0 

To  Alshy  in  full  of  this  years 

cariages  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  milk  from  Adam  Hutchisons 

ewes  at  2d.  per  pint 

0 

3 

4 

For  butter  bought  from  John 

o 

Main  in  Jerriswood  at  5sh.  4d. 

per  stone,  13|  ston  more  3  lb. 

wight  ..... 

3 

12 

0 

To  Provist  Brown  ane  old 

account  taken  on  1705 

Oil 

0 

0 

For  meall  to  fead  foulls  from 

Widow  Wight  at  16d.  per  ston 

12  stone  .... 

0 

16 

0 

For  2  st.  3  lb.  cheas  from  her  at 

3  sh.  per  stone 

0 

6 

6 

For  4  fous  malt  to  the  servants 

in  winter  .... 

0 

14 

8 

For  19  stacks  of  piets  being  a  foot  ' 

larger  then  the  £4  staks  I  payd 

Tarn  Youll  4sh.  2d.  ster.  for 

9|  stacks      .        .    3  10  10 
For  10  double  stacks 

>  5 

8 

4 

piets  casten  by  Mowit 

and  Lindsay  at  the 

same  price  for  5  stacks  1  17  6 


1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  87 


[Housekeeping] 


[Sterling] 


Aug. 


Sep1 


To    William    Mitchell    in  full 

£ 

s. 

d. 

of  his  fathers  account  for  bake 

ing  .... 

7 

13 

4 

For  wine  seek  brandy  at  Grisies 

mariage  from  George  Christy 

7 

12 

6 

For  4  Turkies  bought  in  Septem 

ber  at  Ripath 

0 

8 

0 

For  seek  ale  etc.  furnish  by  Ms. 

Monro  16  Aug. 

1 

10 

0 

For  47  loads  cols  quherof  6  small 

from  Itell 

1 

2 

0 

For  Androw  Lams  expence  at  the 

colls  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  sundry  things  bought  by 

Androw  Lamb  such  as  bread, 

fish,  butter,  wild  foull,  etc. 

3 

9 

6 

For  chickens  bought  by  Lamb 

0 

15 

0 

For  stoktens  draps  2s.  2s.  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  oranges  and  limons 

1 

13 

0 

For  brandy 

1 

10 

3 

For  tobaco,  etc. 

0 

10 

10 

For  severall  things  bought  by 

Francy  Newton  as  oysters, 

solan  geess,  limons,  snuff,  etc. 

1 

6 

0 

For  meat  bought  in  the  Market  of 

Edinburgh  by  Robert  Mander 

sons  bill 

7 

10 

0 

For  spices  at  the  mariage 

0 

7 

0 

For  one  boll  oats  to 

fead  two  swine  and 

2  fous  at  17s.  6d.      10  0 

For  3  fous  bear  at 

- 

2 

1 

4 

13s.  4d.  per  boll       0    8  0 

For  4  fous  peas  at 

16s.  8d.                   0  13  4, 

For  2  bolls  1  fow  bear  given  for  2 

bolls  malt  from  Sticher  13s.  4d 

boll  .... 

1 

9 

4 

88 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1710 


1709. 


[Housekeeping] 
To  the  foulls  of  bear 

1  fow  .  0    2  8 

To  the  foulls  of  oates  4 

fous     .        .  0  10    0  . 

For  peas  to  the  pigions  12  forpets 1 

at  16s.  6d.  per  boll  is  about 
For  3  fous  peas  to  the  mares  at 

16s.  6d.  is  about 
For  oates  to  the  mares,  etc.,  till 

3d  September  3  bols  1  fow 
For    oats    to    straingers  horse 

abovesaid  time  4  B:  2  f.  at 


[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 

0  12  8 


0    5  1 
0    9  10| 
2    0  0 


12s.  6d  

2 

15 

0 

Made  in  meall  12  bolls  4  fous  at 

12s.  6d.  per  boll  is 

7 

10 

0 

For  a  boll  bear  for  feeding  the 

borr 

0 

13 

4 

For  bear  to  the  milne  for  servants 

9  fous  ..... 

1 

4 

0 

For  oate  stra  at  6d.  per  200 

th[reve] 

5 

0 

0 

For  40  threave  bear  stra  at  4d. 

per  threve  .... 

0 

13 

4 

For  40  th:  peas  stra  at  6d.  being 

very  ill  .... 

2 

0 

0 

For  hay  this  year  from  Coltcrooks 

meadow  .... 

9 

15 

0 

For  a  veall  calf  from  John  Hope 

0 

5 

0 

For  28  fatt  sheap  bought  from  the 

Park  at  9s.  2d. 

12 

16 

8 

For  5  fatt  nowt  from  the  Park  . 

11 

9 

8 

For  6  sheap  and  a  cow  to  the 

servants  from  Park 

2 

15 

4 

For  14  lambs  from  the  Park  at  4s. 

per  pice 

2 

16 

0 

For  3  more  sheap  to  the  servants 

0 

15 

0 

1  See  p.  83. 


1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  89 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  meat  to  Georg  Baillies  man  . 

0 

1 

2 

For  2  bolls  malt  from  Androw 

Broun  that  was  brown  in 

strong  ale  in  October 

2 

0 

0 

For  2  sheap  to  the  servants 

0 

5 

6 

For  expence  for  the  tenant  bring- 

ing meall  Brughton       .  . 

0 

6 

0 

For  suger,  frutes,  pickles,  etc. 

from  Ms.  Olifent  . 

6 

5 

0 

For  sundry  things  from  Char: 

Ormston  per  account 

1 

15 

10 

For  a  firikine  soap  . 

1 

0 

6 

For  ewes  milk  from  Georg  Newton 

0 

3 

4 

To   Charles   Hay,    baxter,  for 

backen  meat  at  one  diner  when 

Grisie  was  maried  . 

5 

0 

0 

To  Thomas  Fenton  for  confections 

and  milk  one  diner  at  Grisies 

mariage  .... 

11 

15 

0 

For  household  expence  at  Meller- 

stains  from  1st  March  till  1st 

July,  brought  from  Day  book  . 

7 

5 

i 

For  household  expence  in  Edin- 

burgh, June  and  July  . 

17 

3 

3 

For  household  expenc  at  Meller- 

steans,  Aug.  and  September  . 

1 

a 
O 

O 

61 

For  household  expence  Novr  and 

Deem1*  at  Edinburgh 

10 

4 

2 

For  13  rucks  hay  from  the  Park 

at  15sh.  per  pice 

9 

15 

0 

For  graseing  12  horses  at  £l  the 

pice  . 

12 

0 

0 

£345  18  9^ 


90 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1714 


Mellerstaine,  Janr.  1st  1714.    Houshold  Expences. 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

To  Mrs.  Liver  for  six  turkies     .       0  10  9 
For  44  §  pints  Brandy  from  Will 
Robison  in  Aymouth  in  part 


payment  .... 

4 

15 

0 

To  expence  of  the  horse  that  caried 

the  Brandy 

0 

0 

10 

To  John  Baillie  Surgen  in  full  of 

all  Accounts  .... 

1 

17 

7 

For  half  a  stone  starch 

0 

2 

a 

For  expences  at  Faladam 1  going 

6  and  8d.  Ginelkirk  coming 

home  7  and  8d. 

0 

14 

4 

For  washing  at  Edn:  till  10  March 

0 

18 

0 

For  small  thing  such  as  powder 

O  IT 

and  oyl,  etc. 

0 

2 

0 

For  three  chopins  of  Hunnv 

0 

6 

0 

For  Brandy  at  4d.  the  pint 

7 

12 

0 

For  snuff  5s.  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  suger  and  other  small  things 

given  out  by  myself 

0 

8 

6 

For  a  Milk  Cow  at  Faladam 

2 

16 

8 

For   corks   to   the   cherie  and 

botleing  of  it  at  Lieth  . 

0 

2 

7 

For  30  dusone  oranges,  20  dusone 

limons  at  15d.  p  duson,  out  of 

which  I  had  8  gallons  orrange 

wine  and  large  twelve  gallons 

of  pansh  and  2  dusone  oranges 

beside  to  preserve  . 

3 

2 

6 

For   a   cariage   of    cherie  and 

customs  .... 

0 

2 

7 

For  cariing  trunk  6d.,  drinkmony 

6d.,  horse  brecking 

0 

1 

O 

1  A  small  village  lying  between  Edinburgh  and  Mellerstain. 


1714]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  91 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 

For  2  bolls  2  fows  Malt  from       £    s.  d. 
stonerige  Tividale  measure     .       2    6  0 

For  10  bolls  oates  at  4£  15d.  Scots 
pr  boll  out  of  which  there  Is. 
6d.  stone  twise  sheeld  Meall  two 
pecks  of  Meall  which  is  recond 
duble  Meall  and  sixty  three 
stone  of  servants  Meall  8  pecks 
of  seads        .        .        .        .        3  19  2 

For  three  bolls  one  fow  Malt  from 
Berwick  at  15s.  the  Lowthien 
boll  3£  customs  4d.        .        .       3    0  4 

For  7  J  stone  butter  last  year  from 

Jerriswood  at  5s.  pr  ston        .        1  17  6 

For       bolls  Meall  from  Jerris- 
wood to  Edn. 
Ap.  14  For  sope,  candle,  etc.  from  Lied- 
house  Merchant  haveing  cleard 
all  with  him  this  day     .        .       0    6  0 

For  cariing  by  Wood        .        .       0    5  0 

To  carrin  for  snuff  Is.  ornistons 

stable  Is.      .        .        .        .        0    2  0 

For  cards  Is.  4d.,  3J  lb.  resins  Is. 

5d.T%,  wax  4d.T%  •        •        •        0    3  2 

For  Brewing  7  bolls  Malt  by  Mrs. 

Ainsly  0  10  0 

For  a  ston  hopes  to  the  said  Malt 
out  of  which  I  had  a  puntion 
very  strong  Ale  10  gallons  good 
second  Ale  and  four  puntions  of 
Beer  0  14  0 

For  Diets  from  Hume  Mose  this 

winter  .        .        .        .        .       2    8  6 
Ap.  21  For  salt  a  boll  .        .        .        .       0    8  0 

To  the  English  Butcher  for  mak- 
ing a  sow  in  hambs        .        .        0    2  6 
Ap.  28  For  a  firriken  sope  from  New- 
castle l£  Is.  6d.  cariing  Is.  6d.       13  0 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1714 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  cariing  hopes  etc.  6d.  . 

0 

0 

6 

For  5  lb.  butter  from  John  Person! 

2s.  6d.  more  18  lb.  more  9d.    .  V 

0 

17 

4 

For  14  lb.  at  5d.  5s.  lOd.    .        .  J 

For  3  old  Geess  at  8d.  6  young 

ones  at  6d.  almost  at  full  gruth 

0 

5 

0 

For  baling  at  Preston  Is.  6d.  At 

Ginelkirk  4s.  ... 

0 

5 

6 

To    Mrs.    Crafoords    Maid  Is. 

Francy  Newtons  2s.  6d.  John 

Barr  Is.  ... 

0 

4 

6 

To  mens  boord  wages  at  Edn. 

0 

4 

0 

For  pometum  to  the  bairens 

0 

2 

6 

For  47  pints   of   Cherie  from 

Gilbert  Stewart 

6 

5 

0 

For  2  duson  and  nine  botles 

muchkins  of  fruntimack  from 

Will:  Carss  .... 

2 

5 

0 

For  a  veal  calf  from  the  hird 

0 

5 

9 

For  drink  at  Dunce  Is.  6d.,  drink 

at  Langshaw  Is.  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  floorf  rom  Berwick  3s.,  suger  2s. 

0 

5 

0 

For  8  pecks  Meall  for  fouls  at 

Kelso  ..... 

0 

9 

0 

For  Bieff  5s  

0 

5 

0 

For  1  ston  wight  figs  and  resins  . 

0 

6 

For  bread  and  drink  at  Edn.  in 

Francy  Newtons  Lodging 

0 

3 

0 

To  servants  of  boord  wages 

0 

2 

0 

For  Tee  from  Lewis  Pringle  in  full 

of  all  accounts 

2 

18 

0 

To  William  Robison  in  Aymouth 
in  pairt  payment  of  44f  pints 

brandy  at  42d.  pr  pint  . 

4 

15 

0 

For  goosberies  to  botle  at  3d.  a 

pint  2s.  6d.,  cheries  to  preserve 

at  3d.  600  . 

0 

4 

0 

1714]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  93 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


July  15 


Aug.  18 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  wild  foull  .... 

0 

5 

0 

To  men  with  7  horse  with  13|  bolls 

Meall  from  Jerri s wood  . 

0 

1 

10 

For  13|  bolls  Lithgow  measure 

Meall  from  Jerriswood  at  8  sh. 

the  boll  . 

5 

10 

0 

For  5  duson  of  limons  to  be 

joyce   

0 

5 

0 

For  8  fous  wheat  from  Ridbreas 

at  ..... 

1 

16 

0 

For  11  gallons  and  a  pint  brandy 

at  27d.  pr.  pint 

10 

0 

0 

For  bringing  the  brandy  from 

Dunglas  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  barrill   of  Herins  from 

Hempsead 

0 

16 

8 

For  5  bolls  4  fous  Bear  got  from 

George  Newton  at  7£  Scots  pr 

boll  

3 

10 

0 

To  Robert  Hume  for  makeing  the 

steep  Malt  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  8  lb.  sope  4s.,  2  ounce  blew 

16d  

'  0 

5 

4 

For  3  kislips  2s. 

0 

2 

0 

For  3  dusone  Arrack  12s.  gallon 

and  packing  . 

5 

19 

0 

For  3  lb.  Tee  and  boxes 

2 

16 

0 

For  6  fous  Malt  from  Stenrige 

1 

3 

0 

For  4  ston  chease  from  Widow 

Wight  at  4s. 

0 

16 

a 

For  14  lb.  courser  chease  at  3s.  . 

0 

2 

8 

For  a  ston  Meall  for  foulls 

0 

1 

2 

For  drink  money  for  frute 

0 

15 

0 

For  Scarsburg  water  5  dusone 

botles  .... 

2 

0 

0 

For  8  pecks  salt  18  Aug.  10  pecks 

Salt  

0 

9 

a 

94 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1714 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

For  swine  chease  Milk  and  all 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Gorg  Newton  can  ask  or  crave 

3 

0 

0 

For  corn  eaten  by  swine  and 

fouls  allowed  George  Newton  . 

2 

0 

0 

For  Bieff  from  Kelso 

0 

10 

0 

For  some  small  things  given  out 

by  myself  .... 

0 

7 

6 

To  Wood  for  cariing 

0 

2 

0 

For  12  broom  bussoms 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  years  work  payd  Will. 

Burnit  the  Couper 

0 

10 

0 

For  couping  L.  Rutherfoords 

barrills  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  tinkler  work 

0 

3 

0 

For  6  bolls  Bear  from  Mr.  Gowdy 

at  12s.  6d.  pr  boll  for  malt 

3 

15 

0 

For  7  bolls  oats  for  Meall  at  9s. 

lOd  

3 

4 

2 

For  casting  12  darg  trufes  with 

meat  ..... 

0 

6 

0 

For  2  half  Barrills  of  Herin  from 

1 

10 

9 

For  suger  at  9d.  and  at  13d. 

comes  to  ... 

4 

1 

0 

For  Alloes  and  bay  Berries 

0 

2 

8 

For  2  guess  Aples 

0 

12 

8 

For  pears  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  sand  2s.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  cariages  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  ry  bread  4  loves 

0 

4 

8 

For  candle  4£  Is.  8d. 

0 

5 

8 

For  bran  Is.  3d.,  corks  Is.  2d.  . 

0 

2 

5 

For  8  galons  Ale  the  Princes 1 

birthday  at  the  Bonfier 

0 

10 

8 

For  Mr.  Wilsons  Horse 

0 

1 

2 

For  a  Bea  Skep  cariing  by  John 

Hope  ..... 

0 

1 

0 

1  The  birthday  of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  afterwards  George  II.  Old  style  = 
10  Nov.  N.S. 


1714J  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  95 


[Housekeeping] 
For  sundry  things  such  as  sope 

candle  from  James  Liedhous 
From  Day  Book  the  26  of  Nivem 

ber  that  I  left  Mellerstaine 
For  small  things  given  out  by 

myself 

Forcariing  Is.  6d.more  Is.  more 9s 
For  expence   at   Faladam  and 

Dalkieth 
For  dry  fish  8s.  Hempsteed 
For  a  lb.  Tee  from  Blair  . 
For  a  botle  snuff  5s. 
For  Butter  at  Hardis  Mill 
For  Aples  4s.  6d.,  chickens  2s 

tinker  at  Kelso  2s. 
For  couper  work  payd  Androw 
To  Jesper  when  he  went  to  Edn 
with  the  Horses 
Decmr  1  To  Charles  Ormston  in  full  of  all 
accounts 
For  J  lb.  Jocolet 
Edn    For  washing  cloathes  5s.  . 

For  a  lb.  of  Tee  from  Mr.  Blair 
For  I  lb.  Tee  Gilbert  Pringle 
For  suger  spices  and  sundry  other 

things  from  Mrs.  Olifer 
For  300  loods  of  Colls  from  the 
English  side  and  some  expences 
in  bringing  them  the  great  at 
6d.  the  small  3d.  at  the  hill  and 
what  I  hired  in  was  eliven  pence 
small  and  fourteen  great 
To  Charles  Ormston  in  full  of  all 

accounts 
To  Alexr  Lamb  Candlemaker  in 

full  of  all  accounts  F.N. 
To  Bailiff  Fall  in  Dumbar  in  full 
accounts  R.T.  of  wines  . 


[Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

0  12  0 

22  16  0 

0  10  0 

0  11  6 

0  16  0 

0    8  0 

0  17  0 

0    5  0 

0  18  6 

0    8  6 

0  15  0 

0    2  0 

4  15  0 

0    2  0 

0    5  0 

0  18  0 

0  11  0 

8    0  0 


9  19  0 
0    2  0 
7  17 
18    2  0 


96 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1714 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 

London 


30 


To  Will  Robison  in  full  of  all 

£ 

s. 

d. 

accounts  of  wines  etc.  R.T.  . 

14 

5 

0 

ko?  drmkmony  lor  the  Kings 

venison  etc. 

1 

9 

0 

For  a  porter  to  carie  it 

0 

3 

6 

For  boord  wages  to  Kate  and  Tarn 

for  ten  days  .... 

1 

0 

0 

To  account  of  John  Baillies  boord 

wages  was  resting  him  when  I 

came  news  powder  oyl  etc. 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  chaldron  of  colls  from  Tod 

1 

12 

0 

For  250  billets  .... 

0 

3 

0 

For  seller  rent  of  Cariage  of  6 

barrill  Herins  from  fnfe  . 

0 

7 

0 

For  cotten  to  be  candle 

0 

3 

6 

For  3  duson  botles  Malligo  from 

Gil.  Stewart 

3 

3 

4 

For  51  b.  2  fous  oates  to  the  horses 

at  5£  

21 

8 

4 

For  fouls  and  swine  11  bolls 

4 

11 

8 

For  13  bolls  oates  to  straingers 

horses  .... 

5 

8 

4 

For  7  bolls  light  corn  at  50d. 

1 

6 

8 

For  peas  to  pigeons  9  fows  at  15s. 

boll      .  . 

1 

7 

0 

For  200  threve  stra  beside  beding 

at  6d  

5 

0 

0 

For  12  bolls  oats  for  Meall  and 

4  fows  .... 

5 

6 

8 

For  24  bolls  more  for  straingers 

horse  Meall  etc. 

10 

0 

0 

For  light  bear  at  5d.  pr  boll  to  the 

Ases  ..... 

0 

10 

0 

For  Ry  at  15s. 

1 

1 

0 

For  Bear  2  bolls  at  12s.  6d. 

1 

5 

0 

S. 279  19  6 


1715]         OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


London,  January  1715.    Houshold  Expences. 


1st 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

For  10  lb.  Westfalia  Hamb  at 

£ 

s. 

d. 

lid.  pr  lb  

0 

9 

2: 

For  cloves  and  Nutmug  half  a 

pound  of  each  at  5s.  6d. 

0 

11 

& 

For  half  a  pound  cinimon  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  lb.  white  peper 

0 

3 

6 

For  8  lb.  Barlie  at  3d.  pr  lb. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  litle  botle  hungary  water  . 

0 

1 

3 

For  a  lb.  Bohea  Tee  16s.  Fergison 

0 

16 

0 

For  a  lb.  Beco  Tee  24s.  Fergison 

1 

4 

0 

For  J  lb.  fine  green  Tee  cal'd 

Hey  son  Tee  at  fergison  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  lb.             firriken  of  sope 

0 

0 

6 

For  two          Milk  . 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  lb.  tobaco — Fergison 

0 

2 

& 

For  2  duson  Arrack  at  14s.  the 

galon  Fergison 

4 

4 

0 

For  2  J  chaldron  colls  from  Tod  . 

4 

0 

0 

For  a  Tun  of  Scots  Coll  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  250  billets  3s.  25  brushes 

Is.  9d.  .... 

0 

4 

9 

For  2  barrills  of  sope 

1 

5 

6 

For  Mutton  chops  Ms.  Boyd  and 

we  in  the  city 

0 

,Q 

*j 

0 

For  sodp  blpw  4s  3d  -Ac.  blew  3s  . 

more  Is.  ... 

0 

8 

*T( 

For  2  lb.  wax  candles  5 

0 

5 

0 

For  bread  9d.,  toungs  Is.,  herin 

Id  -6- 

±u.12  ...... 

0 

1 

For  Aples  100  18d.,  a  duson  2d. 

0 

1 

8 

For  a  firriken  of  sope  brock  up  this 

day  

1 

8 

0 

For  bread  from  Day  Book  from 

18  Decmr  to  the  1st  March  . 

2 

17 

3 

For  Bear  from  Day  Book  from 


08 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


dit 


18  Decmr  1714  till  the  1st  March 

£ 

s. 

d. 

1715  

5 

8 

0 

For   Houshold   Expences  from 

Day    book    from    the  18th 

Decmr    1714    till     the  1st 

March  1715 

37 

11 

For  3  botles  Cinamon  water 

0 

13 

0 

For  3  cakes  Ginger  bread  4  lb. 

each  ..... 

0 

6 

0 

For  blew  8d  

0 

0 

8 

For  tobaca  2s.  Ale  2s.  powder  Is. 

0 

5 

0 

For    2    chalder    of    colls  from 

Ghrame  all  charges 

3 

0 

0 

For  500  billets  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  half  a  Tunn  of  Scots  coll 

0 

17 

0 

For  blew  and  starch  3s.  4d. 

0 

3 

4 

For  wine  from  a  frenchman 

4 

0 

0 

For  4  botles  of  oyl  and  a  half 

0 

13 

6 

For  cinamon  water  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  stacktens  drops  2s.  Drogs  4s. 

0 

6 

0 

For  Lisbon  suger  at  7d.  a  pound 

0 

7 

0 

For  the  fraught  and  other  ex- 

pences  of  a  barill  with  barly 
starch  blew  and  two  barrills  of 


Ap.  20 
May  13 


butter          .        .  ... 

1 

10 

0 

For  4  lb.  powther  lsh.  8d.,  two 

wash  bals  6d.,  a  comb  6d. 

0 

2 

8 

For  4  lb.  power  at  5  a  lb.,  irise 

root  powder  at  17d. 

0 

3 

1 

For  1J  chalder  of  Colls  from  Tod 

2 

8 

0 

For  lb.  rosted  come  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  Balsamick  cyrop 

0 

1 

0 

For  confected  pears 

0 

1 

6 

For  Almonds  6d.      .        .  . 

0 

0 

6 

For  blew  8d.,  powd.  5s.,  2  month 

wash  ball  6d.,  bleck  6d.  . 

0 

6 

8 

For  spice  and  barly  from  Mrs. 

Abercromby  .... 

0 

5 

6 

1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  99 


rTTnn«:pVppr»in  crl 

1  111)  USCJVCC  IJIXltr  1 

[Sterling] 

For  5  weeks  wa  shine  of  oreat 

£ 

s. 

d. 

linins  only  .... 

2 

3 

6 

For  2  weeks  sope  5s.  10  for  wash- 

in  o'  2  cnim*;  anH  poats  fid 

X  XI        —    yl  VJ  LI  1 1 0   CX  XX vX   vVUj  Uu    VI \_I  .  • 

0 

fi 

VJ 

VJ 

For  fine  sneer  and  1 3d  eonrse  lofe 

X.    V/X     JL  XX IV/    Otic  V/l     CvllVl    X.CVX*    VV  til  IJV 

at  lOd.  2  loves 

o 

VJ 

11 

For  fraught  of  5  dusone  clarit  and 

a  hoy  with  Tirints 

CX    fyVJ^Y     V¥  1LXX    UXXIXLtj     .                   .  « 

o 

VJ 

fi 

VJ 

n 

VJ 

For  PYnpnpps   of  hri n  cri n Of  thpm 

X  t/1                LJ^XXV-'V-'O      Wl       ^_/I  X  1 1  £^  X  X  ly  LJXV_X1X 

out  of  the  ship 

o 

9 

o 

13     For  a  weeks  sope  another  weeks 

sone  9  lb  l-  at  6d 

0 

VJ 

rt 

Q 
%J 

For  sone  lid  for  3  weeks  sone  till 

JL   V/X     uv    7Vj     X  X  VX  •    Ivl     "J     TT  v^/lvu    uvUv  till 

22d   June  9s 

—  —  V  t  .    t»  LXXXl^    CO.                    •                   •  • 

o 

9 

For  sope  from  2d  June  till  15 

August  .... 

1 

5 

6 

For  paper  a  lb.  3s.  6d.,  barly  2s.  3 

o 

VJ 

K 
%J 

Q 

%t 

For  tohappi  2s    nvos  fid 

o 

2 

fi 

For  a  pain  of  glas  to  a  window 

o 

VJ 

1 

X. 

Q 
o 

For  T?ear  from  1st  Marph  till  1st 

Mav 

J.M.CWJ  ..... 

'a 

1  5 

X  o 

u 

To  Hrinlr  t"o  wpicTrii~<j  anrl  pliiinnv 

X  VJ    VX XXIX XV    L- VI    VV  X  It^H  Uo    diiu.  v_,iiiiixiiy 

swean 

0 

VJ 

1 

JL 

u 

To  Tarn  vonll  at  Twit tpriham 

IV'     JL  CtXXX     y  UUil    tit     JL  VV  X  UUV^XXXX CX XXX  . 

o 

VJ 

1 

o 

For  soop  1  s  3d 

JL  vi             1  /L     Xo.    VJ  vX  •  ... 

O 

yj 

X 

Q 
O 

Fot*  "hol^app 

X  VJ X.     WUCll/Ct  .... 

o 

2 

o 

To  Polwarths  man  for  Spa  water 

1  q    TYinrp  1  <; 

lOi  XUUlC   loi  ... 

o 

2 

o 

For  drink  bread  and  cheas  to  the 

scourers,  etc. 

0 

2 

6 

For  sope  and  sand  to  scour  the 

house   .        .  . 

0 

3 

0 

For  speaping  all  the  chimnys  of 

our  new  house 

0 

2 

6 

For  fraught  of  2  hampers  wine  5s. 

other  expences  5  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  nailing  up  the  vine  tree 

0 

1 

8 

July  4    For  10  chaldron  colls  with  half  a 


100  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


chalder  into  them  being  12 

£ 

s. 

d. 

cart  fulls  12  seeks  each  1£ 

chaldron  more 

16 

3 

6 

For  8£  lb.  fine  suger  at  12t%d.  . 

0 

8 

8 

For  6 J  lb.  suger  at  9d. 

0 

4  10^ 

To  litle  Charles  bell  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  lb.  wax  candle  for  tobaca 

lighting 

0 

2 

6 

To  wonsar  park  keeper  for  2 

bucks  of  the  Kings  venison 

2 

3 

0 

For  cariing  the  2  bucks  from 

winsour  park 

0 

6 

0 

T71           j            -1-1            i  j  r*  •      1 1  n 

For  a  duson  lb.  mold  6  m  the  lb. 

candle  ..... 

0 

7 

6 

*f— 1              1        IP                 £~X\        11                      1  • 

.tor  halt  a  Chalder  cols  owing 

Gryms  since  winter 

0 

14 

6 

To   Tarn   at  Twettenham  and 

Hamton  Court 

0 

3 

0 

For  greens  to  the  parlour  chimny 

0 

1 

6 

tor  trute  2s.  Is.  more  3s.  . 

0 

6 

0 

For  triming  10  J  chalder  Cols  in 

the  seller  .... 

0 

1 

6 

i^or  12  botles  Spa  water  . 

0 

15 

0 

To  Charles  Hays  Nephew  ane  old 

account  of  backing 

0 

10 

9 

For  fraught  and  cariage  payd 

Mill  tor  5  dusone  Clant  and  4 

botles  snuff 

1 

3 

0 

For  cariing  my  brother  Kimer- 

ghams  box  .... 

0 

3 

0 

For  frute  by  May  Minzies  to  the 

bairens 

0 

8 

0 

For  starching  linins  and  sope 

4s.  2d  

0 

4 

2 

For  pometam  .... 

0 

1 

6 

For  Houshold  expences  from  day 

book  from  the  1st  March  till  the 

first  May  .... 

32 

12 

2A 

1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  101 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


Sep.  10 
17 

18 

Sep.  18 


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rui  nuiioiiuiu  CAuciiLCo  11  um  Kxtxy 

£ 

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\  1 . 

book  from  the  1st  of  May  till 

tno  mtct"  of  Tnlir 

L11C   llloL  Ul   O  U1V         .                ..  • 

'j  — 

For  Vi  1  "F  a  Tioimd  Rohp  T'pp  from 

JL  yJX     UdU    CXi    VJKJvAViKA    J-J\Jxl\^     XCC    IX  Will 

TVTrQ    To  nil  cfori 

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To    a    Riitohpr    for    Ripff  and 

mutton   thp   Ripff  at   3d  thp 

lHUl/l/Ull     L11C     JD1C11     &  L     OH*  LUC 

Tnnt't'O'n  a\~  3  t>  d   nr  lo  from  thp 
niuiiun  dt  o--j--^-u.  jji  iu>  11  uiii  nic 

19    In I17  fill  tnp  let"  ^»pti  fpm  opr 

1—    O  111  V     Ull    L11C    lol/  OCUICIHUCI 

.To*  T^PTSOTl 

7 

1  -J 

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To  John  Wright  Backer  for  bread 

anrl  floor  pfp  from  tVip  firQr  of 

CXiLiXX    JLlwwi.  ^  tl/Li  11  Ulll    U11C    111  J  v  Ul 

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for  thp  iiqp  of  Thnmas  Rroiin 

1  Ul      111^     UijL     ul      X  llVlllUikl     .Ul  UU1  1 

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X  U 1X111  Ul        v  u  CIvjVo  vll  XV-JX  u Cl  L  llVylll 

the  first  of  Mav  till  the  last  of 

vllv     1x1  k_J  \J     \_/ X      XTAC*  J        Ull      vllv     lU/tJU  VSX 

AiifJiiQt  af  10<s    2  monprh  and 

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7 
f 

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o 

11 

6 

TTot  lr»  of  pnnrcPT*  cnfppr  Jit"  Qn  t> 

X  Ul          1U«  VI  LUUloCl  oLlgCl  cl L  gjU.^JT^ 

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a 
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Ivor  '  In  of  ponrQPQi"  lofp  Qinrpr  at" 

X  Ul           1U1  Ul  LUUIoCat  1U1C  SUgCl   cl L 

8d 

o 

0 

For  Tiisbon  nowdpr  sncrpr  at  fid 

o 

5 

Tior  4i  ooflpQ  >na  "wfifpr  fit  1  4id  fi 

1 .  Ul    *x    UULlCo  O |  Jcl    WdLCl    cl L   X^bLl.  cL 

llclblY             rr       O               .               .  . 

& 

Q 
O 

For  fi  lb  <sacro 

o 

18 

o 

For  a  lb  Tee  16s   Alb  Tee  12s  6d 

1 

8 

6 

For  3  Chaldron  of  Colk  to  fill  thp 

1  Ul  O  V^llctltllUll  Ul  v^Ullo  tU  1111  L11C 

poIp  hniKP  irn 

4 

0 

r  or    weeKS  sope  till  tnis  oay  . 

n 
u 

1  9 
1  _ 

o 

For  a  lb.  tobaca 

0 

2 

0 

For  6  botles  Spa  water 

0 

7 

0 

For  Houshold  expence  from  the 

1st  July  till  the  last  of  August 

from  day  book 

22 

1 

4 

For  a  duson  pound  10s.  in  lb. 

candles  molded  frenchman 

0 

6 

6 

102 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  12  botles  Spa  water  . 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  lb.  bohea  Tee  17s.,  a  lb. 

coffie  4s.,  a  lb.  Spice  3s. 

1 

4 

0 

For  17T4T  lb.  westfalia  hamb  at 

lid  

0 

15 

7 

For  4  lb.  Bohea  Tee  Fergison 

4 

4 

0 

For  12  lb.  candle 

0 

6 

6 

For    2    lb.    Indigo    bought  in 

Scotland  .... 

1 

0 

0 

For  56  lb.  of  Starch  bought  at 

Edn  

0 

18 

8 

For  7  stone  Pearl  barly  bought  at 

Edn  

1 

8 

0 

For  2  ston  shield  peas  bought  at 

Edn  

0 

5 

4 

For  a  barrill  and  pock  to  put  the 

abovsd  things  in 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  botle  of  snuff          .  j 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  bill  loadening  and  putting 

them  in  the  ship  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  barrill  for  the  butter  Is. 

payd  Marion  Hempsteed  fishing 

0 

15 

0 

For  cariing  and  boxes  Is.  lOd. 

more  lOd.  .... 

0 

2 

8 

For  a  hamb  at  14d.  a  lb.  a  botle 

oyl  3sh.  6d  

0 

19 

10 

For  100  billets  a  string  of  roots  50 

brushes  .... 

1 

1 

6 

For  a  dusone  Spa  watter  . 

0 

14 

0 

For  setting  2  hogsheads  wine  by 

Mr.  Douglas's  cuper 

0 

10 

0 

To  Captain  Douglases  Maid  for 

Tee,  etc.  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  Dusone  Mold  Candles  10  in 

the  lb  

0 

13 

6 

For  past  to  wash  hands,  etc.  and 

to  Mrs.  Colvile 

0 

4 

0 

OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  103 


0  i:V 

8 


[Housekeeping] 

For  a  botle  spirits  Is.  8d.  . 
Oct.  28  For  7  lb.   14  ounce 

suger  at  13   .         0    8  6| 
For   6   lb.    6  do. 

suger  at  9T(>^d.       0  5 
For  4  lb.  suger  at  5d.  0  1 
Nov.  8      For  2  dusone  Mold  Candles  6  and 

10  in  the  lb.  at  6r%d.  . 
For  a  dusone  Spa  water  14s.,  half 

a  lb.  Tee  8s.  ... 
Ditto  28    For  a  thousand  billets  12s.  5 

brushes  3s.  6d.  . 
Ditt.         For  sope  from  the  23  of  Sepr  till 

the  28  Novr  .... 
For  sope  more  gote  in  the  abovesd 

10  weeks  .... 
For  powder  2s.  6d.  more  lOd. 
For    saffron  4s.   2d.    lead  ure 

6d  

For  genever  and  Rubarb  3s.  lOd. 
For  Tee  9s.   6  wax  candles  3  lb. 

12s.  6d  

For  a  Hogshead  of  Clarit  from 

Archbald  Hamilton 
For  a  Hogshead  of  Clarit  from 

Major  Boyd  .... 
For  |  lb.  Tee  . 
For  13  lb.  suger  at  9jd. 

pr  lb.  .  0  10 

For  11  lb.  10  ounces  suger 

at  12T%d.  pr  lb.     .  0  12 
For  16  lb.  powder  suger 

at  6d.  18  lb  6  ou  at 

9d.       .        .        .  1  10  8 
For  a  Tun  of  Scots  Coll 
For  6  botles  champyne  at  7s.,  2 

botles  Harmtage  12s.  Dutches 


1  (i 

AT"2 


[Sterling] 
£  s.  d. 
0  18 


0  15  3T% 

0  13  0 

12  0 

0  15  6 

13  8 

0    2  0 

0    3  4 

0    4  8 

0    3  10 

12  0 

30    0  0 

30    0  0 

0  8  0 

2  13  1 

1  16  0 

2  14  0- 


104  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For  10  dusone  botles  Port  wine       £    s.  d. 

from  Bonnet  .  .  .  9  0  0 
For  16  lb.  resins  at  4d.,  8  lb. 

curran:  5T6¥d.  .  .  .  0  9  0 
Decmr.31  For  Bear  from  Ambrose  Jackson 

from  1st  Sptb.  till  the  date 

here  at  9s.  per  barrill  and  a 

croun  more  for  stronger  Ale  .  7  8  0 
To  John  Betson  Butcher  from 

1  Septmr.  till  31  Decmr.  .  18  14  0 
To  Arther  Grumball  Backer  from 

1  Sepmr  till  31  Decmr.  19s.  5  19  3 
For  Houshold  expenc  from  day 

Book  from  1   Sepmr.  till  31 

Decmr.         .        .        .  48  17  0 

For  sope  from  28  Novr.  till  the 

last  of  Decmr.  .  .  .  0  15  0 
For  wine  from  Gilbert  Black  .  22  0  6 
For  miscount  page  352      .        .       1    0  0 


S.£441    4  10T3^ 


London,  January  1st,  1716    Account  of  Housekeeping 


For  4  lb.  powder  Is.  8d.  more 

2s.  2d  .  . 

0 

3 

10 

For  a  weeks  sope  2s.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  3  weeks  frut  4s.  6d.  Bought 

myself  ..... 

0 

4 

6 

For  Candle  6  dusone  6s.  and  6 

dusone  10s.  in  the  lb. 

3 

18 

0 

For  snuff  at  4s.  the  lb. 

0 

4 

0 

For  sope  this  moneth 

0 

9 

8 

For  a  lb.  paper  3s.  mace  Is.  3d. 

0 

4 

3 

For  I  lb.  orange  pill  £  lb.  cordi- 

citron  .... 

0 

1 

6 

:i7i6] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


105 


[Housekeeping] 
For  1  lb.  Tee  l£  Is.  6d.,  cimone 

water  4,  paste  1 8d.,  pamatum  Is. 
Febr.  1   For  12  lb. powder  5s.  4washballs 

p  1  

For  washing  my  brothers  shiets  . 
For  4  ounces  Rubarb  at  18d.  ounce 
For  3  lb.  Pistashi  nuts  at  Mr 

Toom's  .... 
For  2  weeks  6s.  9d.  news  . 
For  fraught  of  3,  8  gallon  barrils 

with  Meall  Berwick 
For  a  bote  to  Hungerfoord  stairs 
For  a  cart  to  Broad  Streat  with 

the  meal 

febr.  10  For  a  porter  to  help  with  it  3d 

warffage  4 
For  a  lb.  Bohe  Tee  from  Mr 

Hamly 
For  a  lb.  green  Tee  . 
For  a  dusone  Nutmugs 
For  a  lb.  Green  Tee  Mr.  Hamlie 
For  a  litle  barrill  Sturgen  from 

Mr.  Heart  . 
For  ane  old  account  of  Spa  water 
For  a  suger  lofe  at  12d^. 
For  sope  for  this  moneth  . 
March  8   For  2  lb.  \  all  sorts  dry  sweat 

meets  at  3s.  6d.,  paste  at  2s.  6d 

Jib.  . 
For  1  lb.  al  sorts  white  confits 
For  a  box  prunellas  lj  lb.  . 
For  3  glases  wate 1  sweatmeets  at 

6d  

For  \  lb.  waffers 
For  a  suger  lofe  at  12d^.  a  lb 

weight  6 J  lb. 


[Sterling] 

Q 

s. 

Q. 

1 

8 

6 

n 
u 

a 
u 

0 

5 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

6 

9 

n 
u 

f 

a 
\j 

A 

u 

o 

0 

1 

10 

n 

i 

0 

16 

0 

«j 

A 

0 

16 

0 

u 

O 

A 
U 

1 

12 

0 

0 

8 

0 

u 

ii 

o 

0 

10 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

1 

6 

0 

1 

0 

0 

6 

9 

1  Wet,  moist. 


106 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[171& 


31 


March  31 


Ap.  16 


30 


May 


[Housekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  4  ounces  Coffie  powder 

0 

1 

6 

For  J  ounce  Nutmugs 

0 

0 

5 

For  sope  this  moneth 

0 

15 

0 

For  powder  and  hungary  water  . 

0 

3 

6 

For  Billets  and  brushes 

0 

12 

0 

For  25  brushes 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  Hamb  from  Gumly  at  10s. 

6d.  a  lb  

0 

10 

0 

For  2  lb.  Bohea  Tee 

1 

16 

0 

For  half  a  lb.  Tee  . 

0 

9 

0 

For   Bieff   and   Mutton   for  3 

Monethes  payd  John  Betson 

Butcher  Bieff  3d.  Muton  3dT% • 

shins  8d. 

15 

1 

0 

For  bread  in  three  moneths  from 

Arther  Grumble 

5 

14 

0 

For  1 J  chalder  Colls  from  Ghrames 

2 

2 

0 

For  a  suger  lofe 

0 

7 

9 

For  6  duson  of  Mold  candle  6  in 

the  lb.  at  7d. 

2 

2 

0 

For  |  lb.  Tee  Mrs.  Abercrumby  in 

full  of  all  acctts 

0 

9 

0 

For  Candle  10s.  in  the  lb.  3  duson 

0 

19 

0 

For  a  lb.  Tee  from  Mr.  Hambly  . 

0 

16 

0 

For  sope  in  this  moneth  . 

0 

14 

6 

For  Come  18d.  oranges  3s. 

0 

4 

6 

For  Coach  Is.  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  News  2s.  6d.  plays  operas  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  letters  6d.,  2d.  . 

0 

0 

8 

For  suger  .... 

0 

8 

6 

For  wash  balls  6 

0 

1 

6 

For  5  Dusone  Botles  Clarit  got 

from  Major  Boyd 

8 

6 

0 

For  suger  at  12d.  a  lb. 

0 

7 

6 

For  sope  in  this  moneth  . 

0 

13 

6 

For  25  lb.  Jacolet  made  by  Mr. 

Scots  orders 

.  5 

3 

0 

OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  107 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For  12i  Chalder  Colls  from  £    s.  d. 

Ghrames       .        .        .  17    1  2 

For  2  botles  Champain  9s.,  2  botles 

Burgundy  8s.,  Chovet  .  .  0  17  0 
For  3  gallons  Rack  Mr.  Hambly  2  8  0 
For  Id.  botles  .        .        .       0    2  6 

For  a  lb.  Tee,  Hambly      .        .       0  16  0 
For  a  du.  Stockton  drops  13  or  14 

to  the  dusone  .  .  .  0  9  0 
For  6  flasks  Clarit  .  .  .  14  0 
For  a  kit  of  three  salmonds 

the  salmond  .        .       0  15  0 
For  the  kitt  boyling  and 

veniger,  etc.  .  .  0  4  0 
For  frought  to  London  0  2  0  1  1  0 
For  2  botles  Champaine  .  .  0  9  0 
For  2  botles  Champaine  .  .  0  9  0 
For  suger  and  12  botles  Spa  water  13  6 
For  suger  .  .  .  .  0  18  10 
For  sope  in  this  Moneth  .  .  0  16  9 
For  6  flasks  Clarit  Muns  :  Chovet  14  0 
For  4  botles  Champaine  .  .  0  18  0 
For  3  gallons  Rack  from  Hamly  2  8  0 
July  16  To  the  Keeper  of  Wonsour  Park 

for  a  Buck  .  .  .  .  110 
To  the  Carier  for   bringing  it 

home  0    3  0 

For  powder      .        .        .        .       0    6  0 
For  a  lb.  of  Tee       .        .        .       0  16  0 
To  lose  at  Carts       .        .        .       0  14  0 
Pd  in    For  a  hogshead  Clarit 

from  Gilbert  Stewart  18£  0  0 
For  french  duty  7£  3T%  d. 
custome  house  dues 
9s.  6d.  .        .  7  12  7X% 

For  a  duble  cask  and 

packing  .  .07  10^  26  0  6 
For  fraught  10s.  London  duty 


108 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1716 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


July  31 


l£  2s.  6d.  other  expences  given 

£ 

s. 

d. 

out  by  Hendry  Mille  12s.  9d.  . 

2 

5 

9 

To  the  Park  keeper  for  a  Buck  a 

guiny  the  carier  3s. 

1 

4 

6 

For  spermacity  18d.,  Lozanges  2s., 

saffron  3s.  6d.,  Baino  Rachel  6 

and  spice  Is.  6d.  . 

0 

14 

6 

To    the    servants    at  Newgate 

Prison  2s.  63..1 

0 

2 

6 

For  sope  this  moneth 

1 

2 

7 

For  suger  l£  2s.,  oyl  6s.  6d. 

1 

8 

6 

For  Meat  bought  in  the  Market 

0 

18 

0 

For  sope  the  first  week  . 

0 

4 

6 

To  poket  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  suger  .... 

0 

8 

0 

For  Mrs.  Smithes  glass 

0 

1 

9 

For  sope          .        .        .  . 

0 

2 

2 

For  cheries  to  Brandy 

0 

8 

0 

For  sope  to  scour  blankets,  etc. 

when  I  was  at  bath 

0 

14 

0 

For  cleansing  the  house  of  office 

0 

15 

9 

For  meat  to   4  servants 

when  I  was  9  weeks  at 
bath  from  8  Aug.  till  8 
Octr.  from  Betson  ,         0  15  2 

For  bread  in  that  time      12  2 

For  candle  chease  roots 

etc.  in  that  time  .         0    6  6 

For  Bear         .        .         0  18    0    3    1  10 

For  sope  and  sand  to  the  house 

while  at  bath        .        .        .       0    3  8 

For  Meat,  bread,  bear,  and  all  pro- 
visions at  the  Bath  from  the  9 
August  till  the  12  of  October  .      38    0  0 

For  Meat  and  Lodging  going  and 
coming  from  Bath  being  9  days 
on  the  roads         .        .  11  18  0 


i7i6]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  109 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


Oct.  30 


For  24  lb.  white  sope  brought 

£ 

s. 

d. 

from  Bath  .... 

0 

11 

0 

For  washing  linins  at  Bath  and 

starching  .... 

8 

10 

0 

For  a  lb.  Tee  . 

0 

16 

0 

For  fraught  of  8  lb.  green  Tee 

from  Holland 

1 

16 

0 

For  8  lb.  Tee  bought  from  Mr. 

Jerrard  at  Raterdam 

6 

1 

0 

For  scouring  the  Hamer  cloath  . 

0 

2 

0 

For  fraught  of  ginger  bread  from 

Lord  Bining  .... 

0 

4 

6 

For  Modera  gote  from  James 

Douglas  .... 

8 

0 

0 

For  a  hamb  at  12d.  another  at 

14d.  a  pound 

1 

10 

6 

For  a  Hogshead  Pontack  wine 

bought  at  Bourdaux  by  my 

Lord  Stairs  all  expences  came 

to        .       .       .  . 

34 

16 

7T 
i 

To  Hendry  Mille  for  bringing  it 

home  ..... 

0 

10 

0 

To  the  Banio  for  Rachy 

0 

8 

0 

For  5  dusone  botles  Clarite  gote 

from  Major  Boyd  to  send  to 

Bath  7£  10s.  16s.  botles  and 

corks  ..... 

8 

6 

o 

For  suger  at  8d.  5s.  and  6d.  fine  at 

12d.  6s.  6d  

0 

12 

0 

For  4  dusone  of  lb.  Candle  10s.  in 

the  lb.  at  6T%d.  . 

1 

6 

0 

For  7  duson  lb.  Mold  Candles  6  in 

lb.  at  7d  

2 

8 

0 

For  2  lb.  Bohe  Tee  . 

2 

0 

0 

For  a  dusone  12s.  in 

0 

6 

0 

For  7  lb.  suger 

0 

7 

0 

For  5  Duson  6  botles  Clarit  from 

Major  Boyd  . 

8 

6 

0 

110  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1716 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


Oct.  20 

ditt. 
31 


Novr.  6 


Nov.  16 
wrong 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  billits  15s.  6d.  . 

0 

15 

6 

For  expences  of  meat  going  to 

Windsor  .... 

1 

5 

0 

For  drinkmoney  at  Mrs.  John- 

stons in  Twitnem 

0 

10 

0 

For  2  botles  Hermitage  8s.  2  botles 

champaine  10 

0 

18 

0 

For  confections  to  diner 

0 

12 

0 

For  2  botles  cinamon  water 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  muchkine  botle  snuff 

0 

3 

8 

For  suger  at  8d. 

0 

4 

8 

For  2  bushal  charcoll 

0 

9 

0 

For  Bread  flour,  etc.,  payd  Arther 

Grumbald  from  the   first  of 

a         •iii*ii«i        i       1        0  /*~v    ■  i 

Apnll  till  the  last  of  October  . 

8 

12 

0 

For   Meat   payd   John  Betson 

Butcher  from  Ap.  1st  till  the 

last  of  October 

24 

12 

0 

To  Mr.  Tod  for  Bear  gote  from 

Ambros  Jacson  from  January 

1st  till  1st  August 

17 

12 

0 

lor  a  tine  suger  lote  at  12d. 

a  lb  

0 

5 

11 

For  cooling  seads  Is.  Ales  Milk 

16s  

0 

17 

0 

±or  glasmg  the  House  brock  by 

servants  .... 

0 

7 

6 

For  pomatum  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  strong  Ale  from  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  sope  4s.  6d. 

0 

4 

6 

For  sope  3s.,  3s.,  7s.,  4s.  . 

0 

17 

0 

For  powder  6s.,  Is.,  3d. 

0 

7 

3 

For  6  monethes  window  tax  at 

Michelmas  1716 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  hamercloath  2 J  yd.  at 

6s.  9d.,  lace  3d.  and  2d.  lining 

3s.  making  5s. 

1 

9 

H 

xyiy]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  111 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 

friday  For  6  duson  candle  10s.  a  lb.  and  a  £  s.  d. 
Decmr.  21  Id.  to  R.  and  M.  ..256 
For  expence  of  foul,  fish  and  other 

provisions  from  day  book  .  149  7  0 
To  John  Betson  Butcher  for  Bieff 

and  Muton  in  Novr.  and  Decmr.  10  18  6 
To  Arther  Grumble  for  Bread  in 

Novr.  and  Decmr.         .        .  3    0  8 

For  salmond  from  Berwick         .  15  6 

For  fraught  Meall,  etc.      .        .  1  10  0 


S.  506    6  2^ 


London.   January   1st,    1717.    Account   of  Household 

expences. 


For  14  lb.  fine  suger 

0 

14 

0 

For  2  lb.  at  lid.  2  lb.  at  8d. 

powderd  suger 

0 

3 

2 

For  2  lb.  resins  at  4d.,  2  lb.  currins 

at  5dT%.     2  lb.  pruns  3dT%.  . 

0 

2 

2 

For  ane  ounce  Coffie  powder 

0 

0 

5 

For  3  dusone  Candles  6s.  in  the 

pound  at  7d. 

1 

1 

0 

For  a  woman  to  wash  Is.  and  2 

weeks  sope  7s.  .. 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  thousand  Billets  and  half  a 

hunder  Brushes 

0 

16 

0 

For  powder  .... 

0 

3 

0 

For  2  lb.  rise  10d.,  2  lb.  barly  5d.,  a 

lb.  suger  5d.,  Mace  8d.  . 

0 

2 

4 

For  a  woman  to  wash  Is.  4  lb.  sope 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  lb.  Tee  from  Fergison 

1 

2 

0 

For  a  barrill  of  sope  from  Mr. 

West  a  lb.  salt  and  peas 

1 

7 

6 

For  4  lb.  |  sope  2s.  3d.,  6s.,  3s.  . 

0 

11 

3 

112  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 

[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For  half  a  Hogshead  £   s.  d. 

strong  Clarit  L.P.       10    0  0 
For  half  a  Hogshead 

smaller  at     .        .      7    0  0 
For  the  French  duty 

payd      by  Lewis 

Pringle         .        .      7  12  0 
For  botles  corks  and 

botleing        .        .      2  10  0 
For  3  casks  and  pack- 
ing 22d.  and  2  botles 


15 


March 
18 


in  all    .        .  .076 

27 

9 

6 

For  frought 

For  suger  suger  [sic]  and  fruts  ' . 

1 

0 

0 

For  2  botles  cinamon  water 

0 

8 

0 

For  4  lb.  wax  candle  10s. 

0 

10 

0 

For  fraught  of  2  punchens  Meall 

and  the  corper 

0 

10 

0 

For  bring  them  from  the  ship  all 

expences  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  pometam  2s.,  more  Is.,  erne- 

ticks  Is.  ... 

0 

4 

0 

For  2  dusone  candle  10s.  in  the 

pound  for  R.  and  M. 

0 

13 

0 

For  fraught  and  other  expences  by 

Hendry   mills   acctt  for  the 

Kinary  and  herin  from  Duke 

Montrose  .... 

1 

2 

0 

For  2  hambs  from  Matucks  at  13d. 

pr  lb.  . 

1 

0 

0 

For  2  botles  cinamon  water 

0 

8 

0 

For  sope  3s.,  3s.,  3s.,  3s.  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  a  thousand  billets  and  J 

hundred  brushes  . 

0 

16 

0 

For  suger  7s.  6d.  10s.  3s.  6d. 

1 

1 

0 

For  a  Hogshead  syder  2£  5  cate 

etc.  bring  in  2s.  6d. 

2 

7 

e 

31  March  To  John  Betson  Butcher  for  Bieff 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  113 


[Housekeeping] 


[Sterling] 


ditto 


Aprill 


May 


May  1 


28 
June  4 


July  11 


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JL  \JX    Cllcllll  iJCXl  11  .... 

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10 

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X1  Ul    otiyci   dL   ±±U.          •              .  . 

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For  a  lb  Bohea  Tee 

1 

2 

o 

J.  Ul     kJlJd    W  dl/Cl      Y)  vi  C X  L  J  L  Ct  1 1 1    1  vll  XV 

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X1  Ul    —   ULlkSUllC  Ul  bllldll  UdllUltb  . 

10 

A 
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For  sone  5s  2d  3s  lOd  4s  lid 

J<q    Ja*    QtflTpli  fir! 

'xU.    OtdlL/H   vJU.    Jo.    ^14..  . 

1 

3 

1  1 

X  Ul    V/dllUlC    11U111     V»  dllaUUl    dL  U 

anu       pr.  id. 

Q 

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A 
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Jc  or  pus  is.,  pins  icq. 

u 

o 
— 

u 

Ju  or  starcn  dq.           .        .  . 

u 

u 

u 

r  or  4  Dories  iirracK  irom  ivir. 

Hambly  .... 

1 

1 

6 

For  12  lb.  powder  6s. 

0 

6 

0 

For  sope  4s.  6d.,  starch  6d.  4s.  4d., 

4s.  6d.  3s.  8  strch  Is. 

0 

18 

6 

For  2  dusone  Candles 

0 

13 

0 

For  lose  by  James  Grieve  he  aither 

lost  or  miscounted 

1 

0 

0 

H 


114 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1717 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


For  the  cariage  of  a  Buck  and 

£ 

s. 

d. 

drinkmoney 

1 

4 

0 

For  Bieff  and  Muton  from  Betson 

Butcher  in  Apr.  May  and  June 

in  full  of  all  accounts 

12 

0 

0 

For  Bread  from  Arther  Grumble 

from  the  1st  of  Aprill  till  the 

14th  of  July 

5 

6 

0 

For  white  bear  5  barrils  at  10s.  . 

2 

10 

0 

For  the  custom  and  charge  of  57 

lb.  hambs  sent  from  Holland  by 

my  Lord  Binning 

1 

3 

0 

For  a  thousand  billets  \  hunder 

brushes  .... 

0 

16 

6 

For  2  wash  balls  4d.  Drinkmoney 

2s.  6d  

0 

2 

8 

For  3  botles  Arack  more  2  botles  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  some  small  things  by  James 

0 

4 

0 

For  sweeping  chinny 

0 

1 

6 

To  Arther  Grumble  for  bread  since 

14  June  .... 

1 

5 

0 

For  Bear  from  Sam:  Willis  from 

29  Aug.  1716  till  the  5  of  August 

1717  

21 

2 

9 

For  J  hogshead  Clarit  from  Alexr 

Baird  . 

18 

0 

0 

For  some  things  bought  by  May 

Minzies  .... 

0 

16 

0 

For  six  kipper  Mrs.  Dalrimple  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  a  box  and  shiping  the  fish 

0 

1 

6 

For  6  Ling.  Fall 

0 

5 

7 

For  4  stone  chease  from  Tweddal 

0 

13 

4 

For  ninteen  ston  Pork  at  2s.  lid. 

pr  ston  barrills  for  salting  etc. 

12  toungs  8d.  salting  9d. 

3 

17 

3 

For  Cheas   from    Newton  and 

Wight  tenants  at  4s  ston 

1 

0 

0 

For  powder  and  wash  balls 

0 

13 

10 

1717]  OF  LADY  CxRISELL  BAILLIE 


115 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 


Edenburg 
Aug.  17 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  tobaca  2s.,  snuff  4s. 

0 

6 

0 

17*          /~1        ji            1_*1       T                          O  x. 

Jbor  Candle  while  1  was  in  Scot- 

land  spent   in   Lond:  besids 

l£  15s.  worth  left  in  the  House 

3 

0 

0 

For  sope  at  London  while  I  was  in 

Scotland  .... 

2 

10 

9 

For  seting  razors  2s.  6d.  . 

0 

2 

6 

To  the  Coachman  and  servants 

expences  at  Barnet 

0 

4 

0 

For  expence  of  the  servents  at 

London  from  the  13  Aug:  till 

the  17  of  Semtmr  . 

5 

0 

0 

For  bring  the  Barbatos  waters  and 

sweatmeats  .... 

1 

1 

0 

For  7  Chaldron  of  Colls  in  octobr  . 

10 

15 

0 

For  2  lb.  tobaco 

0 

4 

0 

Jb  or  wine  from  Gilbert  and  Lewis 

Pringle  .... 

16 

0 

0 

r  or  Meat  from  the  Cooks  etc.:  from 

18  Aug:  till  the  last  01  Deem1  . 

34 

18 

0 

tor  washing  .... 

6 

9 

0 

tor  Confections  Jrlumcaks  and 

Bisket  from  Mrs.  Fenton  at  my 

Rachys  mariage 

15 

3 

0 

For  100  lb.  weight  starch  at  Edn 

1 

16 

8 

For  100  lb.  powder  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  21  pint  Brandy  Mcnill  at 

2s.  8d.  pr  pint 

2 

16 

0 

For  dry  cask  to  it  and  puting 

aboord  all 

0 

6 

10 

For  Casks  to  powder  and  starch  . 

0 

2 

0 

For  expences  of  servants  and 

horses  traveling  about  in  6 

monethes  .... 

8 

13 

6 

For  4  botles  snuff 

1 

0 

0 

For  150  lb.  Pork  at  4d.  lb.  salt,  etc. 

to  be  hung    .  . 

2 

14 

0 

116 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Housekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For  Meat,  drink,  coll,  and  candle 

the  two  times  we  was  at  Meller- 

staine  .... 
For  a  pice  of  Clarite  from  Major 

Boyd    .  . 
For  confections  in  full  of  all 

accu  ..... 
For  a  Doe  at  Christenmas  . 
wrong  For  lose  one  Guinys  at  London  . 
wrong  To  the  Kings  footmen  and 

Beefeaters  .... 
To  Shiriff  at  Ginelkirk  was  owing 

by  servants  .... 
For  locks  and  bands  by  flint  to 

doors  and  gates  at  Meller.tne  . 
For  snuff  sent  to  London  by  James 

Carren  . 

For  Meall  to  the  Barnman  Meller 
For  Meall  to  the  poor  at  Meller- 

staine  .... 
For  servants  expences  in  Pate 

Hunters  .... 
For  16  bolls  oats  at  10s.  made  in 

Meall  and  sent  to  London  in 

1715,  16  and  1717 
For  our  carte  horse  at  Meller- 

staine  in  3  year  10  bols  . 
For  6  bolls  ots  in  meall  while  I 

was  in  Scotland 
For  Boord  wages  to  the  barman  at 

7s.  4d.  a  moneth  . 


£ 

s. 

d. 

14 

4 

6 

30 

0 

0 

3 

3 

0 

0 

10 

6 

0 

15 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

10 

0 

2 

0 

2 

7 

8 

1 

7 

2 

0 

5 

0 

8 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

4 

8 

0 

From   the   Day    book   for  11 


364    5  8^% 


Monethes      .        .        .        .    175    2  6^2 


S.£539    8    2]  I 


1693-95]     OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


117 


To  Servants  fies  [Scots] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

1693     To  Margrat  Flimin  her  fie  . 

18 

0 

0 

Apr11     To  Sandy  Frazer  in  full  of  his  fies 

12 

0 

0 

May  2d.  To  Ann  Faa  in  full  of  her  fies 

18 

0 

0 

Ditto  7.  For  cloathes  to  servants  . 

18 

0 

0 

To  fieing  and  arls  to  servants 

18 

18 

0 

To  Isabell  Johnston 

2 

18 

0 

Septr  6  To  Sandy  Corbett  in  full  of  his  fies 

6 

3 

0 

To  David  Makcom  quhich  pays  all 

his  fies 

9 

0 

0 

To  Babi  Tamson  in  full  of  all  her 

fies  ..... 

8 

0 

0 

Jun.      To  Mary  Sincklar  her  fie  . 

8 

6 

0 

1694  Jun.  To  Nany  Christy  of  her  fie 

4 

0 

0 

To  Nany  her  shoes  for  Whit.  94  . 

1 

8 

0 

For  shirts  to  John  Broun 

2 

2 

0 

For  Grises  nurses  goun 

6 

8 

0 

Septr     To  Shusan  Brown  for  her  shoes 

Mertimas  94  . 

1 

4 

0 

To  Shusan  of  fie 

2 

0 

0 

For  shoes  to  Davi  Nickelson  and 

to  John  Broun 

4 

8 

0 

For  making  cloathes  to  the  men 

8 

4 

0 

Novr  26  To  Nany  Christy  of  fie 

12 

0 

0 

To  David  Nickelson  in  full  of  his 

fie  

38 

0 

0 

Decmr  14  To  Sara  Semple  in  full  of  her 

fies  ..... 

60 

0 

0 

To  Shusan  her  shoes  for  Whit.  95 

1 

6 

0 

To  Grisies  nurs  in  full  of  her  fie  . 

50 

0 

0 

1695       To  Nany  Chrd  her  shoes  for  Mert. 

94  

1 

6 

0 

Febr.  23d.To  her  of  fie  10s.  to  her  6lb.  8 

6 

18 

0 

For  stokins  to  Davi  lib.  3s.  a  hat 

to  John  18  . 

2 

1 

0 

May      To  Nany  for  shoes  for  Whit.  95  . 

1 

6 

0 

To  Nany  lib.  6 

1 

6 

0 

118 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1695 


[Servants] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

tor  helping  the  mens  cloathes 

2 

10 

0 

To  Adam  Owin  a  rest  of  fies 

owing  by  my  mother 

39 

6 

0 

lor  stokms  to  Johny  12s.,  shoes 

to  him  lib.  4s. 

1 

16 

0 

Jun.  26  To  Nany  Chr.  12s.  . 

0 

12 

0 

July      lo  my  Kobis  nurs 

August  9  To  An  Forrist 

4 

0 

0 

Sept.     To  Ann  Forrist 

8 

0 

0 

lo  Shusan  shoes  tor  Mer*  95 

1 

6 

0 

For  shoes  to  John 

0 

18 

0 

Novt.  lst.For  helping  mens  cloathes 

0 

18 

0 

To  Mary  Marchall  of  fie  . 

9 

6 

0 

To  Nany  her  shoes  Mer*  95 

1 

6 

0 

Decmr.   To  Nany  of  fie 

3 

0 

0 

To  Frances  Newton  per  recept  to 

John  Wight  .... 

45 

0 

0 

To  Frances  Newton  for  shoes 

6 

0 

0 

S. 

358 

6 

0 

To  Servants  fies  1696 
To  An  Forrist 


January   It.  caried  from  the 
Aprill    To  her  of  her  fie 
July     To  her 

To  her  . 
Decmr.  To  her 


page 


12    0  0 

12    0  0 

2  10  0 

8    0  0 

6    6  0 


To  Shusan  Broun 

January   It.  caried  from  —  page      .        .  5  16  0 

16     To  her  of  fie  .        .        .  2    4  0 

To  her  lib.  10s.  Febr.  10  to  her  14  2    4  0 

Aprill    To  her  her  shoes  for  Whit.  96  16  0 


i696] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  119 


[Servants]  [Scots] 


x? 

s. 

cu 

To  her  of  her  fies 

4 

19 

0 

21     To  her  lib.  4s.  ... 

1 

4 

0 

Septm.   To  her  for  shoes  for  Mertimas  96 

1 

7 

0 

Octor.  1  To  her  

1 

11 

6 

To  Mr.  Robison  for  16  ells  stuffe  to 

her  ..... 

12 

16 

0 

To  Nany  Christy 

January  It.  caried  from  —  Page 

oo 

O 

/V 

KJ 

15     To  her  of  her  fie 

4 

0 

0 

reor.  ±o  ner  ..... 

& 

July  To  her  her  shoes  for  Whitsunday 

96  

1 

9 

0 

To  her  2lb.  2s.  ... 

2 

2 

0 

Octor.  7  To  her  ..... 

3 

0 

0 

To  Rachys  nurs  for  her  fie 

40 

0 

0 

To  Francy  Newton  caried  from 

45 

0 

0 

Febr.  10  For  shoes  to  Johny  and  brches 

helping  .... 

1 

13 

0 

Aprill  To  Francy  for  shoes  2lb.  8 

2 

8 

0 

For  a  coat  to  Tarn  6tb.  18s. 

stokins  and  shoes  to  him  and  a 

wastcoat  .... 

9 

8 

0 

For  blew  stokins  to  Tarn  lib.  Is. 

briches  to  him  2tb. 

3 

1 

0 

For  a  hat  to  Francy  and  dresing  to 

him  ..... 

4 

16 

0 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  lib.  9s.  a  shirt  to 

him,  shoes  lib.  lis. 

3 

14 

0 

Decmr.  1  To  Francy  Newton  . 

60 

0 

0 

For  briches  to  Piter  Broun  2tb.  8 

2 

8 

0 

in  this  year 


S.  192    0  0 


120  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1697 

[Servants]  [Scots] 
To  servants  fies  1697 
Mertimas  1694,  Ann  Forrist  her 
fie  £24  00  00 


X? 

X 

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A 

Ll. 

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040 

1 6 

X  \J 

00 

Tamirv      To  hpr 

006 

10 

00 

Anrill  21stTo  her 

003 

07 

00 

ixgust  ±st  item,  to  ner  .... 

Ul^t 

ID 

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IlcUL,    LU  tlUIlll  iVdllldlLlkS  1UI  HCl 

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VJ\J 

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iTici  timab   *?  /  j-tciii,  lu  nci  uuiiicii  pdys*  nei 

fip  anrl  sjViop^ 

016 

12 

00 

Candlmas  1694,  Shusan  Broun  fie 

in  the  vear  £l  6  00  00 

XIC111,    MlULiyilL  11LJ1H    LJclgC  • 

•  "hPTYi   *hn  npT*  cnnpc  fr»T*  Wni'f'Qn'nriQ'v 

XLC111,  IU  11C1  MlUCo  1U1    V  T  111  LoLlllUdy 

'Q7 

001 

V/V/X 

08 

00 

May  24th  Item,  to  her  . 

005 

16 

00 

July  8    Item,  to  her  .... 

000 

14 

00 

item,  payo  my  sister  ior  nangins 

she  got  from  them 

007 

18 

00 

lviertimas  loyo.    iMany  'unristy  in 

the  year  £16  00  00 

Item,  brought  from  page 

045 

17 

00 

item,  to  ner  snoes  ior  vv  nitsunoay 

'97  .... 

001 

06 

00 

Novr.  1697  Item,  to  Jean  Brown  her  full  fie 

and  shoes  for  3  quarters 

013 

04 

00 

Ditto    Item,  to  John  Innis  his  full  fie  for 

half  a  year  .... 

009 

00 

00 

Ditto    Item,  to  James  Carrin  his  fie  for  a 

quarter  .... 

004 

10 

00 

To  menservants  cloathes 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  121 


[Servants]  [Scots] 
Item,  stokins  and  shoes  to  Tarn     £    s.  d. 

Herrit   004  00  00 

Item,  2  runing  wastcoats  8  ells  at 

14s.  per  ell,  linen  to  them  and 

draurs   008  00  00 

Item,  making  the  wastcoats  with 

butons  of  the  same  .  .  001  00  00 
Item,  for  making  a  p[air]  drawers 

2s.  mending  4s.  .        .    000  06  00 

Item,  a  plush  cap  lti.  8s.  shoes  to 

Rob  2li.  4s   003  12  00 

Item,  stokins  to  John  Inis  lti.  12 

shoes  to  him  2ti.  4  bootmending 

13s   004  09  00 

For  mendings  lOsp.  to  arls  to 

Jamie  and  fieing  14s.  6d.,  10s.  001  14  06 
For  4  ells  J  blew  cloath  at  7s.  6d.  019  16  00 
For  cloth  to  a  groms  coat  2  ell  \  at 

8s.  6d.  sterling  .  .  .012  18  00 
For  blew  cloath  for  a  groms  big 

coat  3  ells  at  9s.  6d.  .  .  017  02  00 
To  4J  ells  blew  serg  for  linin,  and 

5  ells  yellow  at  16s.  .  .  007  12  00 
To  yellow  for  facing  and  3d.  u 

hair,  buttons,  and  14  ells  serg 

16d  013  16  00 

To  silk  and  threed  and  buttons  per 

Francy  Newtons  acount  .  009  00  00 
For  blew  facing  lti.  10s.  molde  to 

buttons  .  .  .  .  002  00  00 
To  John  Hume  for  making,  to 

acount  5ti.  5s.  .  .  .  005  05  00 
For  cloathes  making  to  Georg 

Taylor   002  00  00 

For  John  Inises  coat  and  Robs 

making  .  .  .  .  002  04  00 
For  a  hat  and  string  to  Rob:  Hi. 

7  shoes  to  him  lti.  10s.  .        .    002  17  00 


122 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[oervantsj 

[Scots] 

For  7  ells  blew  cloath  for  chair 

o 

s. 

Q. 

coats  at  oil.  os.  per  en   .  . 

09f> 

Ul 

no 

j?  or  Die w  serg  to  j  onns  coat  iinin 

AAO 

00z 

00 

00 

To  my  childs  nurs  to  acount 

008 

14 

00 

For  the  servants  mornings  dress- 

ing   

010 

00 

00 

To  John  Hume  for  making  cloathes 

quhich  pays  all  precidmgs 

008 

06 

00 

For  furnitur  to  cloathes  per  Mr.  J. 

Hums  acount 

10 

18 

0 

To  Francis  Newton  per  recept 

100 

00 

0 

S. 

367 

0 

0 

Edenburgh,  1700,  charg  of  servants.    Deb:  to  cash. 

Gawin  Cluther 
January   To  him  in  cash  and  cloathes      .       9  15  0 

Francis  Brumigham 
For  cloathes  to  him  .        .  12    0  0 

Judith  Malbank 
Fbry.    To  her  in  cash  .        .        .        .       6    0  0 
To  her  in  full  of  her  fie     .  54    0  0 

James  Cannell 
His  wage  is  in  mony  in  the  year 

£36.    All  cloathes  except  linins. 
To  him  for  3  month  month  he 

came  befor  the  tarme 
To  him  for  a  sadle  he  lost  . 
To  him  16s.,  more  14s.,  more  12s. 

he  keep't  .... 

James  Carrin 
His  wages  in  the  year  is  of  mony 
£24. 

3d.    To  him  in  cash  2ii.  18  6    .        .       2  18  6 
To  hime  more  lti.     .        .        .       10  0 


15 

0 

a 

5 

16 

0 

2 

2 

0 

1700] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  123 


[Servants]  [Scots] 
Nany  Christy 

£   s.  d. 

May     To  her  for  shoes       .        .        .       18  0 
To  her  her  fie  in  full         .        .      40    0  0 


Dina  Ridpath 

Her  wages  is  20  pounds  in  the 

year  and  shoes  22  16 
To  her  lfi.  8s.  more  1  il.  8s.  more 

2ii.  2s.  .        .        .        .        4  18  0 

To  her  in  full  of  her  fies    .  17  18  0 


Hellin  Garner 

Her  fie  is  in  the  year  16fi.  and  her 

shoes  18  16. 
To  her  for  her  gown  .        .        .       6    8  0 
To  her  canar  2ti.  more  to  her  3ti.  6       5    6  0 

Janit  Robison 
To  her  in  full  of  all  her  wages       .      12    0  0 

Margrat  Ingles 

To  her  in  full  of  all  her  wages       .      18    0  0 

Cloathes  to  the  men. 
To  James  Carrins  shoes  2ti.  18s. 

Cannel  stokins  and  shoes  2li. 

18s  5  16  0 

To  Carrins  shoes  2ti.  18s.  and 

cloathes  makins  12s.  .  .  3  10  0 
For  serges  to  them  and  yellow 

cloath  per  accumpts  .  .  61  12  0 
For  hats  to  them  .  .  .  6  0  0 
For  serg  7li.  2d.    Cannells  frok 

2ti.  6.  Carrins  shoes  2li.  2  .  11  10  0 
Cannels  shoes  lti.  16s.  Franks 

shoes  lfi.  16s.        .        .        .       3  12  0 


124 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1700 


[Servants]  [Scots] 

For  cloath  to  servants  at  the  £    s.  d. 

Patrjliment1          .        .  16    0  0 

Georg  Trumble 

His  fie  is  in  the  year  22ii.  2  pairs 

shoes  and  stokins  £26  and  a 

fow  of  bear           .        .        .  18  0 

To  him  in  mony       .        .        .  5    0  0 

To  him  for  shoes  and  stokins      .  1  19  0 

To  him  a  furlit  of  oats        .      .  .  10  0 


331  16  6 

To  John  Wight  for  this  year  £40       40    0  0 


S.  371  16  6 


Edenburg,  1701.    Servants  cloathes.    Deb:  to  Cash. 


To  Francis  Brummigham  when  he 


went  away  .... 

20 

0 

0 

To  Cannell  and  Carrins  shoes 

3 

18 

0 

To  a  taylor  6s.  skins  to  ther 

briches  lti.  6s.  taylor  lti.  4s.  . 

2 

16 

0 

To  account  for  stokins  etc.  payd 

Ms.  Abercrumby  . 

8 

0 

0 

For  a  sword  and  belt  to  Georg 

Edger  ..... 

3 

18 

0 

For  boots  to  Georg  Edgar 

5 

17 

0 

For  a  hatt  to  Canell  lti.  6s.  for 

bonnits  to  the  men  17s.  6d.  . 

2 

3 

6 

For  pladin  to  Black  6s.  8d. 

0 

6 

8 

For  shoes  to  Isabel!  Lamb  lti.  lis. 

1 

11 

0 

For  a  coat  and  shirts  to  Tarn 

Plendarlith  .... 

4 

5 

4 

1  At  the  Riding  of  the  Parliament  the  members  for  the  shires  rode  each 
accompanied  by  two  footmen.    See  note  p.  224. 


1701]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


125 


1  OCl  V  ctllto  1 

[Scots] 

For  linin  to  n  in  in  or  HvawpiN  1  ^<s 

JL  VJX.     1111111     IV     1  Lllllll>       U.1  CI  >V  vl  O  lUui 

X 

s. 

a. 

IlldlVClliy    CHJCtLllCo    111.    1  o  . 

o 

For  <str>kinc.  ta  Canpll  anrl  rnnino1 

X  VJX     OtUIVllliJ     LU          CI  11  \^  11    Ct llvl    X  Ll  11111  ^ 

2ti  

o 
L 

u 

u 

_L  Ul  oliUCo  L\J  VJCUlj^  X-J\Xg<XL        •  • 

1 

ID 

u 

"P^z-jT  VlTlPriPQ   l~0  I    fllTnpll   "1  Tl      1  f|c  "frk'P 
J?  KJL   UllCllCo  LU  X^clilliCil  X  J  1 .  lUSi  1UI 

opto*  *a  i"   1  fie 

oClg    Ct  L    1  Uo.                     •                •  * 

4 

16 

0 

For  17 J  ells  blew  livery  cloath  at 

85 

0 

0 

For  stuf  to  be  a  frok  to  George 

XLiUgar  ..... 

2 

0 

0 

For  threed  .... 

0 

6 

10 

For  19  days  work  of  a  taylour  at 

4s.    Georges  coat  2li.  8  . 

6 

8 

0 

For  silk  and  moolls  . 

1 

10 

0 

S. 

159 

5 

4 

Edenburgh,  servents  wages.    Deb:  to  Cash  1701. 

Katharin  Robison  came  to  my 
service  at  Whitsunday  1700, 
her  fie  in  the  year  is  £48 

July  8  To  her  

August  To  her  in  England  and  when  we 
went  ther  for  goun  rubans  and 
2  shi.  sterling  more,  goun  54ti. 
ruban  2fi.  18s. 
This  stuf  taken  to  myself  so  could 
not  be  rekoned  to  her. 

Grisell  Robisone  came  to  me 
Mertimas  1700  her  fie  in  the 
year  is  £24    0  0 
For  perfiting  her  in  sowing 


12    0  0 


58  18  0 


12    0  a 


James  Carrin  came  to  my  service 
at  Whitsunday  1699  his  fie  in 
the  year  is  £24    0  0 


126  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1701 

[Servants]  [Scots] 
I  give   him  all  his  cloathes       £   s.  d. 
except  linins 

May     To  him  lli.  10s.    To  him  8li.     .       9  10  0 
To  him  when  he  came  first  home 

again    .        .        .        .        .       8    0  0 
July  8    To  him  14s.  6d.        .        .        .       0  14  6 
To  him  of  fie  from  Mertimas  1701 
in  the  year  £30    0  0 
Decmr.  To  him  3    5  0 

James  Cannel  cochman  came  to 

my  service  at  Whitsunday 

1700  his  fie  in  the  year  £36  0  0 
I  give  his  all  cloathes  except 

linins 

May     To  him  36  18  0 

To  him  9s  0    9  0 

Jean  Boge  came  to  my  service, 
Martimas  1700,  her  fie  and 
buntith  is  £22  16  0 

To  her  18  0 

For  her  shoes  lii.  6s.    To  her 

lli.  5s  2  11  0 

Octor.    To  her  10    0  0 

Georg  Edgare  came  to  my  ser- 
vice Lammas  1701,  his  fie  is  in 
fie  the  year  £36    0  0 
August  To  him  in  England  .        .        .      19  15  0 

Agnis  Christy  came  back  to  my 
service  at  Lambis  1701,  her 
fie  and  bountith  in  the  year 
£22,  16s. 

Feb.      To  her  lti.  8s.   To  her  lti.  18s.  6d. 

To  her  14ti.  .        .  17    6  6 


1704]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  127 


[Servants]  [Scots] 
Georg  Trumble  barnman  came      £    s.  d. 
to  me  Mertimas  1700,  his  fie 
stokins  shoes  in  the  year  is  £26. 
A  furlit  of  bear        .        .        .       18  0 
To  him  12ti.  a  furlit  of  bear        .      12  19  0 
To  him  2ti.  10s.  more  6fi.  more 
14s.  6d.  more  6s.  6d.,  Novr. 
22d.  lOli  19    6  6 

Hellin  Garner  came  to  me  Marti  - 

mas  1699,  her  fie  and  shoes  is 

in  the  year  £18  16. 
To  her  lti.  10s.    To  her  III  6s. 

To  her  5li.  10s.  quhich  complits       8    6  0 


S.  234  14  6 


5 

16 

0 

1 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

5 

17 

0 

76 

4 

0 

15 

12 

0 

Edenburg,  January  1704.    Servants  Wages.    Deb:  to  cash. 
Katharin  Robison 

May  20    To  her  2  dollars 

To  her  ......... 

To  her  in  March 

To  her  

To  Francis  Newton  on  her  accumpt 
To  Lapairl  on  her  accumpt 

Grisell  Robison  came  at  Merti- 
mas 1703 ;    her  fie  in  the 
year,  £24    0  0 
To  her  fie  in  full  of  all  she  can 

crave    .        .        .        .  24    0  0 

Margrate  Carr,  came  to  my  ser- 
vice at  Whitsunday  1703,  her 
fie  in  the  year  is  £20  0  0 
Janr.  20  To  her  £l  lining  her  goun  8s.       .       18  0 


128  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1704 

[Servants]  [Scots] 
To  Francy  Newton  on  her  ac-       £   s.  d. 

cumpt  .  .  .  .  .  7  9  0 
To  her  by  Katharin  £3,  16s.  6d., 

more  £4,  6s  8    2  6 

To  stuf  for  a  goun  £15,  4s.,  more 

£2,   18s.,   more   £2,   2s.  6d., 

£1,  13s  6  13  0 

Mary  M'Intosh 

To  her  by  Kat:  £l,  14s.  6d.  .  1  14  6 
To  her  in  full  of  her  fie       .  54    0  0 

Jean  Cuningham  came  to  my 
service  at  Christinmas  1703 
for  chambermaid,  her  fie  £18 
0  0 ;  her  shoes  in  the  year  is 
£2  18  0. 

To  Jean  for  5  monthes  service    .       9    0  0 

Maorin  Rule  came  to  be  cham- 
bermaid, Whitsunday  1704, 
her  fie  in  the  year  £16,  her 
shoes  £18  18. 
To  her  £l,  10s.         .        .        .       1  10  0 

James  Carrin 

To  him  by  Kat:  for  a  pan,  4s.  0  4  0 
To  Isabell  Ramsay  on  his  ac- 

cumpt  .  .  .  .  .  2  8  0 
To  him  5s.  more  £l,  9s.  more 

£1,  9s.  more  £l,  9s.        .        .  4  12  0 

Decmr.  7  To  him   26    0  0 

Ms.  Tulip  came  to  waite  on  the 
childrin  Martimas  1704,  her 
wages  is  in  the  year  £36  0  0, 
besids  the  expenc  of  bringing 
her. 


1704] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


129 


[Servants]  [Scots] 
For  cariing  her  cloathes  £2,  6s. 
for  some  of  the  expenc  by  the 
road  she  layd  out  herself,  £2, 


more  for  her  cloathes 

8 

10 

0 

To  cary  her  back  £9,  to  her  wages 

for  3  monthes 

18 

15 

0 

For  bringing  her  doun 

4 

8 

0 

John  Harla 

Janr.  15 

To  him  14s.  6d. 

0 

14 

6 

August  To  him  ..... 

5 

16 

0 

Novr.  20  To  Francy  Newton  on  his  account 

2 

0 

0 

To  his  wife  .... 

19 

5 

0 

JNovr.  24 

lo  mm  by  Ivate:  Jtl,  9s.  more 

£1,  4s.  more  by  her  £2,  £1,  10s. 

a 
u 

Q 
O 

n- 
\j 

To  Androw  Lamb  for  this  year  . 

13 

6 

8 

For  a  hat  and  2  cravats  to  him  . 

2 

14 

0 

Dirk  Rule 

Feb. 

To  him  2  doners 

5 

16 

0 

To  him  by  Androw  Lamb 

3 

10 

0 

To  him  at  Wooller  . 

1 

17 

0 

To  Francy  Newton  on  his  accumpt 

5 

2 

0 

Oct. 

To  himself  in  sumer  . 

Q 

u 

A, 

u 

Margrat  Lamb 

To  her  fies  for  a  year  and  a  half  . 

24 

0 

0 

To  her  shoes  .... 

4 

10 

0 

Margrat  Ross,  came  to  keep 

howse  at  Mellerstean,  Whit- 

sunday 1704,  her  fie  in  the 

year  £20,  shoes  £22,  18. 

Oct. 

To  her  by  Androw  Lamb 

2 

10 

2 

To  her  for  a  years  fie 

20 

8 

0 

Georg  Trumble 

For  shoes  to  him  £l,  16s.  6d. 

hose  to  him  9s.  hose  again  9s.  . 

2 

14 

130  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1704 

[Servants]  [Scots] 
Margrat  Robison,  came  to       £   s.  d. 
wate  on  the  childrin,  Whit- 
sunday 1704,  her  fie  in  the 
year  £66  13  4 

Novr.  1st  To  her   20    0  0 

Dito  20  To  her  13    6  8 

Katharin  Munro,  came  to  serve 
as  chamber[maid],  Whitsun- 
day 1704,  her  fie  in  the  year 
£20,  her  shoes  £2,  16,  £22, 16. 

To  her,  May  20        .        .        .       0  14  6 
To  her,  £l,  lis.,  more  14s.  6d. 

10s  2  15  6 

Nany  Christy  came  to  my  service 
as  cook  at  Martimas  1704,  her 
fie  in  the  year  is  £20  0  0  and 
her  shoes. 

To  her  11    0  0 

For  16  ell  stuf  at  lOsh.  per  ell     .       8    0  0 
To  her  £l,  9s.,  payd  James  Miller 

taylor  £l,  16s.       .        .        .        3    5  0 
To  her  £l,  9,  more  £l,  6    .        .       2  15  0 


S.  185  03  6 


Edenburgh,  January  1704.  Servants  cloathes.  Deb:  to  Cash. 


To  arle  Margrat  Robison  . 

0 

10 

0 

To  arle  Margrat  Ross,  chamber- 

maid ..... 

0 

7 

0 

To  J.  Miller  taylor  for  mending 

servants  cloathes  . 

2 

10 

0 

For  Dicks  briches  making  8s.  linin 

and  pokets  13s. 

1 

1 

0 

For  mending  James  Carrins 

cloathes  .... 

0 

8 

0 

1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  131 


[Servants] 


[Scots] 


For  makeing  2  suts  cloath.es  to 

o 
&, 

s. 

a. 

jjick  ariQ  jonn 

A 

1  o 

u 

10  one  uevison  upon  a  oeciiet 

gott  against  mm 

Q 
O 

U 

u 

r  or   nose    to    jjick,    izs.  do. 

Dicks  shoes  £2 

1  o 

1 J 

D 

r  or  tnreeu,  siik,  poKets 

A 

U 

U 

id  d  tdyiui  iob.  ius.  xo,  lib.  uu.  . 

ID 

D 

X"  OI   bLOKlilb   LU  IrcUIUy   -UOClb  lob. 

snoes  to  mm,  l  pair  one  01  tnem 

i milling  oiib  di  xi,  lo  tiic  ocnei 

U 

1  ft 
lo 

u 

at  cL^i,  ob.  .... 

O 

1  ft 
lo 

U 

J?  or  snoes  to  j  ames  \^arrm  . 

O 

L 

Q 
O 

n 
U 

j?  or  stoKins  to  ijeoroy  jjoqs  ids. 

(\ 
\J 

ID 

u 

For  mending  servants  cloathes 

Q 

o 

/"V 

U 

u 

For  making  furniter  to  Dicks  blew 

coat  ..... 

5 

5 

0 

r  or  4  ells  cloatn  at  bs.  oa.  per  ell 

15 

12 

0 

For  6  ells  stuf  7s.  0  per  ell 

1 

19 

0 

For  8  J  ell  black  serg  at  13s.  per  ell 

5 

10 

0 

For  4  ells  serge  13s.  per  ell 

2 

12 

0 

For  hardne,  stentin,  etc.  . 

1 

15 

0 

For  harden  .... 

0 

12 

0 

S. 

65 

02 

0 

[Servants'  Wages,  1707] 

Mary  Menzies  1 
June  18  To  her  2  years  wages        .        .    200    0  0 

Margrat  Ritchy 
June  10  To  her  a  year  and  a  halfs  fie  being 

all  her  time  .        .        .  63    0  0 


1  See  p.  xlvi. 


132  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1707 

[Servants]  [Scots] 
Grisell  [sic]  came  to  be  chamber-       £   s.  d. 

maid  June  17th,  her  fie  in  all 

is  £20  a  year. 
To  her  arls  3s. 

She  entred  not  home  but  went 

to  Ms.  Monro. 


Mary  Muir 


To  her  for  shoes  £l,  5s. 

1 

5 

0 

Oct.  2 

To  her  £2,  8s.  for  2  pair  shoes 

z 

Q 
O 

U 

To  her  

4 

0 

0 

To  her  shoes  3  pair  by  Androw 

Lamb  .... 

3 

18 

0 

Meg  Mill 

For  stuf  to  her  goun 

9 

18 

0 

For  pack  threed  bodies  £l,  9s.  ane 

ell  muslin  19s. 

2 

8 

0 

For  stentin  and  goun  making  18s. 

0 

18 

0 

June  5 

To  Meg  Miln  £l,  9s.  for  a  suts 

haed  cloathes  19s. 

2 

8 

0 

For  ane  apron  18s.  . 

0 

18 

0 

June  10  For  a  plad  to  her 

11 

0 

0 

July  2  To  her,  Tarns  wedin,  14s.  6d. 

0 

14 

6 

Janit  Kirk  came  to  be  cook, 

Martimas  1706,  her  fie  in  the 

year  is  £30. 

Feb.  26 

To  her  . 

1 

9 

0 

May  15 

To  her  for  half  a  year  . 

13 

11 

0 

To  James  Carrin 

March  12  To  him  when  he  went  back  from 

Durhome  2  guinys  and  15  sh. 

ster.  ..... 

34 

16 

0 

To  James  by  Margrat  £1,  9s. 

1 

9 

0 

To  him  a  guiny  at  22s.  lOd.  ster. 

13 

14 

0 

1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  133 


July  2 


TServantsl 

[Scots] 

J.  \J>  loaUtlil  AUCXlllOCL  \    Ull  ill  o  aLtw  Llll L 

£> 

s. 

a. 

for  lnn^ilinp 

1U1     lllLlOllJlt-        •                   •                   •  • 

JL 
•* 

1 

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To  rnm  p  dn^iori  of  <3Prvir<2  for  in sn n  \,7 

JL  w  111111  <X  vlUOWll  Ul  oCL  V  l  \jO  1U1  IllCtllV 

he  destroy' d  .... 

u 

n 

To  .Tames  for  a  kev  6s  for  crlasps 

he  got  the  mony  of 

1 

ID 

u 

Tn  Viim   Tflms  wpdin   1  6<i  fid  for 

1  l  '  111111^    JL  CvXXJLO    VV  L vl  1 1 1  ^    1  Uo  .    \J \JL •  ,  1U1 

8  ell  towils  £2  5 

3 

1 

6 

To  him,  July  1708,  £12,  18s.  to 

him  by  Francy  Newton  £6 

18 

18 

0 

Margrat  Broun,  came  to  bekook 

at  Whitsunday  1707,  her  fie  is 

£20  in  the  year  and  her  shoes 

£1,  6s.  in  all  £22,  12. 

To  her  for  half  a  year 

11 

9 

0 

To  Isabell  Brounlies  for  washing 

4s.  pd.  wringing  2         .        •       19  0 

John  Frazer,  came  to  serve  at 
Martimas  1706,  his  fie  in  the 
year  is  £36  0  0. 
Ap.       To  him  £3,  To  him  £33,  for  a  year     36    0  0 


John  Harla 

To  him  his  fie  for  Whitsunday 

1707    24    0  0 

Sepmr.  For  a  stone  wooll  payd  John 

Wights  widow  for  him   .        .       5  12  0 
To  him  for  shoes  got  from 

Androw  Lamb       .        .        .       1  16  0 
To  Alshy  Blith  on  his  account    .       0  18  0 
Oct.  4     To  him  £3  to  the  marchand  on  his 

account  £l  18        .        .        .        4  18  0 


Alison  Brounlies  entred  to  service 
again  at  Whitsunday  1707. 


134 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1707 


[Servants]  [Scots] 

To  her  for  ten  day  dightin  £l  10  £   s.  d. 

brewing  13s.          .        .        .  2    3  0 

Oct.  4    To  her  in  full  of  all     .        .        .  8    0  0 

Geogre  Dods 
Aug.     To  Will.  Dickson  for  his  childs 

boord   18    0  0 

To  Tarn  Youll  by  Androw  Lamb  13  2 

To  James  Ormston  for  threshing  12    0  0 

To  James  Carrine,  January  1709  12    0  0 


S.  543    6  2 


[1707.    Servants  clothes] 


For  the  rid  clok  dying 

2 

0 

0 

For  shoes  to  G.  Lamb 

1 

10 

0 

For  stokins  to  G.  Lamb 

1 

2 

0 

To  an  ell  musline  to  Marie  Muir  . 

0 

19 

0 

For  serg  to  line  Jameses  cloathes 

at  10s.  per  ell 

3 

15 

0 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  Youll 

1 

16 

0 

For  shoes  to  Geordi  Dods  . 

1 

19 

0 

For  shoes  to  Geordie  Lamb 

1 

10 

0 

For  makenig  Geordie  Lambs  black 

cloathes  .... 

2 

12 

0 

For  skins  for  pokets  7s.  at  5s.  6d. 

per  pice  .... 

1 

18 

6 

For  threed  lis.  butons  lis.  4s. 

1 

6 

0 

For  shoes  to  Geordy  Dods 

1 

14 

0 

For  shoes  to  Georg  Lamb  . 

1 

13 

0 

For  shoes  to  Georg  Dods  2  hose 

£1,  3s.  2 

3 

3 

2 

For  shoes  to  Nicoll  Marchell 

0 

10 

0 

For  stokins  to  Lam  £l,  6s. 

1 

0 

0 

For  blew  hair  and  threed 

5 

6 

0 

1709]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


135 


[Servants]  [Scots] 

For  wastcoat  and  drawers  and  £   s.  d. 

runing  briches  to  Dods  .  .  6  10  0 
For  butons  threed  and  for  Jameses 

coat   2    6  0 

For  mending  the  servants  cloathes  7    7  0 

For  mending  boots  7s.      .        .  0    7  0 


S.  50    3  8 


Mellerstaine,  January  1709.  Servants  wages.  Deb:  to  Cash. 

May  Minzies 

To  her  

S.  To  her  over  and  above  her  fie  for 
her  care  of  the  bairens  when 
they  had  the  fever 


100    0  0 


333    6  8 


Betty  Navell.  At  candlesmas  last 
I  ingag'd  her  for  £36. 

June  29  To  her     .        .        .        .  18    0  0 

To  her  at  Edinburgh         .        .  12    0  0 

Margrat  Mill 

May  7    To  her  £1,  4s.  .        .        .        .  1    4  0 

June  29  To  her   9    0  0 

Bessi  Clark 

To  her  £1,  4s   14  0 

To  her     .        .        .        .        .  2  14  0 

To  her   6    0  0 

To  her  £3        .        .        .        .  3    0  0 

To  her  in  full  of  her  wages  .        .  110  0' 


Nans  Lindsay  came  at  Martimas 
1708,  her  fie  in  the  year  £14 
and  her  shoes  £16  8  0. 


136  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1709 

[Servants]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

To  her   14  0 

To  her   14  0 

To  her     .        .        .        .        .  2    0  0 
To  her  in  full  of  her  fie  pay'd  by 

Adam  Hutchison  .        .        .  12    0  0 

Grisell  Wate  came  to  be  under 
cook  Whitsunday  1709,  her  fie 
in  the  year  £14  and  shoes 
£16  8  0. 

George  Mathy  came  to  serve  at 
Lambes  1709,  his  fie  in  the 
year  is  £36 

To  him  by  Francis  Newton        .       1  10  0 

John  Frazer 

To  him  at  Edinburgh  .  .  12  0  0 
To    him   from   his   master  at 

London  by  his  account  .      28    6  0 

To  him  for  briches  he  bought  at 

London  ....  440 
He  is  fully  pay'd 

Tarn  Youll,  he  was  made  coach- 
man at  Whitsunday  1709. 
To  him  at  John  Shiels's    .        .       0  12  0 
To  him  for  George  Dods  loss  of 
work  when  drunk  and  lam'd  his 
leg  7    4  0 

George  Lamb 
For  shirts  to  him      .        .        .        3  12  0 


George  Dods 
March  25  For  a  velvit  cap  he  spoilt 


2    8  0 


nyog]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  137 


[Servants] 

For  1  yeard  and  a  half  musline  . 
For  6  cravats  from  James  Lied- 

house  ..... 
To  him  at  severall  times  that  he 

never  gave  account  of  . 

John  Clark  came  to  thresh  in  the 
barn  at  Martimas  1708,  his 
fie  in  the  year  £20. 
To  him  pay'd  by  Will  Halliwall  . 
To  him  over  and  above  his  wage 
To  Tarn  Youll  for  10  days  thresh- 
ing at  4s.  per  day  . 

Androw  Lamb,  toun  officer 

To  him  for  a  year 

To  him  by  his  officers  land 

John  Hope  came  to  be  garner 
Martimas  last  1708,  his  wage 
in  the  year  with  a  house  to  his 
wife  is  £48,  and  if  he  have 
not  the  house  it  is  £60. 

To  him  a  bed  at  £8 

To  him  .... 

To  him  £3,  more  £5,  Is.  4d. 
Oct.  22  To  him  .... 

To  him  .... 

In  whole  for  this  years  fie 
being  more  then  bargone. 


[Scots] 
£  s.  d. 
3    3  0 

3  14  0 

2    5  0 


20 

0 

0 

4 

2 

0 

2 

0 

0 

3  0  0 
36    0  0 


8 

0 

0 

12 

16 

0 

8 

1 

4 

15 

0 

0 

8 

2 

8 

52 

00 

0 

Mellerstains,  January  1709.    Servants  cloathes.    Deb:  to 

Cash. 


For  6  ells  course  white  plain  for 
briches  at  6s. 


1  16  0 


138 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1709. 


March  11 


[Servants] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  dying  the  said  cloath  at  3  sh. 

0 

18 

0 

For  hand  bands  to  slives 

0 

10 

0 

For  mending  Tarn  Youlls  boots 

0 

14 

0 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  Youll  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  shoes  to  Geordy  Dods  £l  10, 

his  sons  6s.  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  5  ell  linin  to  Geordy  Dods 

drawers  £3,  strings  2s.  . 

3 

2 

0 

For  3  pairs  stokins  at  £l  10  per 

pair  ..... 

4 

10 

0 

For  boots  to  George  Mathy 

6 

0 

0 

For  helping  cloathes  and  altering 

Lambs  cloathes  pay'd  A.  B. 

2 

0 

0 

For  shoes  to  Dods  £l  10  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  20  ells  linine  for  cloathes  at 

7s.  6d  

7 

10 

0 

For  shirts  to  George  Lamb  payd 

his  mother  .... 

3 

0 

0 

For  1  stone  4  lb.  wight 

sorted  wooll  for  a 

gray  wab  at  £7  per 

stone  of  waild  wooll 

is         .        .        .    £8  15  0 

For  oyl  to  said  web  .      0  18  0 

For  working  the  said  ^ 

wab  20  ells  by  John 

Muckle         .  .300 

15 

13 

0 

For  dressing  the  gray 

wab      .        .              3    0  oJ 

For  half  a  stone  waild  wooll  for 

pladine    to    be    hose    at  £7. 

£3  10  

3 

10 

0 

For  working  12  ells  of  the  pladine 

3d.  per  ell 

1 

16 

0 

For  shoes  to  Geordy  Lamb 

1 

14 

0 

For  4  cravats  to  George  Lamb  at 

14s.  . 

2 

16 

0 

1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  139 


[Servants]  [Scots] 


T^or  tlrrppH  to  snw  tVip  sprvant"^ 

x  vj  1.     t/xxx  v/i^ix            o yj  \ v     c»xx\_^    ov^i  v  ciiiio 

£ 

s. 

111 111 11111b  .... 

n 

u 

1U 

u 

For  nokpts  to  them 

1 

s 

o 

J?  Ui.       ULlL-lVClx  dill      LIllCCU.  UULLU11 

UlUlLxo  clllLl  L\J  LIlClx   IllLlxlllIlo  . 

1  Q 

o 

TTnr  q  "hot  fn  Tarn  Vrmll 

X1  UI  d  IldL  LO  A  dill    XUU.11         •  . 

J. 

c 
o 

n 
u 

JO  UI  d  IldL  dllU  bLUxVlIlb  LU    VVlgllL  . 

Q 
O 

1  9 

A 
U 

For    otVipr    npppssflTvc!    for  tViPir 

JL  KJJ.        KJ  IfXXVsX        llL^LOOCll  y  0       X  UI  UXXt/lX 

cloathes        .        .  . 

1 

10 

0 

To  a  taylor  16s.  pladine  for  hose 

XI  1US.  .... 

o 
L 

A 

u 

To  Will  Dickson  taylor  for  make- 

ing  their  murnings 

1 

10 

0 

For  threed  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  pladin  for  hose 

1 

10 

0 

For  dying  yellow  cloath 

0 

6 

2 

S. 

77 

6 

2 

Mellerstaines,  January  1710.  Servants  wages.  Deb:  to  cash. 

Sterlin 

May  Minzies 

March  6th  To  her  10s.  more  £1  .  .  .  1  10  0 
To  her  .  .  .  .  .  3  10  0 
To  her  3    6  8 

Betty  Navell 

To  her  lOsh  0  10  0 

The  chair  glas  brecking  of  the 
drinkmony 

To  her     .        .        .        .        .       0  10  0 

Margrate  Brown,  came  to  be 
kook  at  Whitsunday  1709, 
her  wage  in  the  year  is  2  10  0. 

To  her  1  05  0 

To  her  2sh.  more  £2,  lOsh.  .       2  12  0 


140 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

Margrate  Milne  £   s.  d. 

To  her  for  shoes       .        .        .  0    4  0 

March  9    To  her  for  shoes       .        .        .  0    2  0 

To  her  2sh   0    2  0 

To  her  fathers  house  rent  White 

[sunday]  1710       .        .        .  0    5  6| 
Ap.  12  To  her  2sh.  more  by  Androw 

Lamb  £l  .        .        .  12  0 

To  her  which  compleats  her  wages 

for  5  years  time    .        .        .  15  0 

Grisell  Wate 

March  9   To  her  for  shoes       .        .        .       0    2  0 
To  her  2sh.  more  by  Androw 

Lamb  £l  .        .        .       12  0 

To  her  for  shoes  2sh.         .        .       0    2  0 

Jean  Ridpath,  came  to  take 
care  of  the  fouls  and  swine,  her 
wage  in  the  year  with  her  shoes 
at  2sh.  sterling  is  (she  came  at 
Martimas  1709  year)  14  0 
To  her  far  shoes  .  .  .  0  2  0 
To  her  3d.  more  £5  Scots  which  is 

her  wage  for  5  month     .        .       0    8  7 

Alisone  Brownlies,  entred  to 
serve  in  the  kitchen,  March  8, 
1710,  her  wage  in  the  year 
is  13  4 

her  shoes    0    4  0 
To  her  10s.  by  An'dr.  more  17s.  4d       17  4 

Jean  Glen,  came  to  wash  and 
spin  at  Whitsunday  1710,  her 
wage  is  with  shoes  in  the  year 
1  10  8. 


1710I  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


141 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

To  her  by  Androw,  4s.  .  .  0  4  0 
To  her  which  compleats  a  years 

fie        .        .        .        .  '      .        16  8 


George  Mathy 

To  him  by  his  master  at  London 

£1,  Os.  6d.,  more  £l  .  .  2  0  6 
To  Alshy  Blyth  for  him  Is.  2d. 

more  14s.  6d.  more  17s.  in  full 

of  all  1  12  8 


Thomas  Cockburn  came  to  be 
Mester  Houshold,  at  White- 
sunday  1710,  his  wages  is  in 
the  year    4    0  0. 
To  him  his  wages  for  half  a  year  .       2    0  0 
Novr.  12  To  his  wages  for  half  a  year  longer 

at  £5  a  year  .        .        .        .       2  10  0 

John  Hope 

To  his  house  rent,  this  besids  his 

£4  of  fie       .        .        .        .       0  11  U 
Ap.  3    To  him  5sh   0    5  0^ 

To  him  for  Pringles  shoes  .        0    2  10 

To  him  by  corn  from  Widow 

Wight  .        .        .        .        2  16  8 

To  him  a  stone  wooll  at  6s.  8, 

more  8sh  0  14  8 

To  him  which  clears  his  wages 
from  Martimas  1709  till  Marti- 
mas  1710,  etc.       .        .        .        0    0  10 

Tarn  Youll 

To  him  by  his  brothers  oats        .  2  13  4 

To  hime  by  Androw  Lamb        .  0  11  8 

To  him  by  Meg  Hendersons  bear  0  16  8 


142 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 
Rob:  Wight  came  to  be  bred       £   s.  d. 
buttler  at  Martimas  1709. 
For  learning  him  to  shave  at 

Edinburgh    .        .        .        .  116 

George  Dods 

To  him  in  Edinburgh  .  .  0  6  0 
To  him  payd  Will:  Hutchison    .       3    7  0 


John  Clark 

To  him  of  oats  at  £8  Scots  3  fous 

3  pecks  .  .  .  .  0  10  0 
To  him  a  boll  bear  from  Widow 

Wight  .        .        .        .       0  16  8 

To  him  by  the  tenants  in  the 

Mains  corn  and  mony  .  .  0  19  0 
To  Tarn  Youll  of  lott  as  it  came  to 

15sh.  bear,  13sh.  4d.  oats,  15sh. 

peas     .        .        .        .        .        1  14  0 

To  a  porter  at  Grisies  mariage    .       0    5  0 
To  a  cook  and  two  men     .        .       1  11  6 
To  Robert  Manderston  £l,  10s., 
Roberton  Master  Houshold 

£1,  Is.  6d  2  11  6 


Androw  Lamb 

To  his  expences  in  Janr  and  Febr.  0  2  6 
July  6    To  his  expences  Is.  4d.  more  8d. 

and  8d   0  2  8 

To  him  his  wages  this  year         .  3  0  0 

To  a  cook  at  Edinburgh  caled 

Margrat  Wabster  .        .        .        0    3  6 


S.  54    4  7fi2- 


1710]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  143 


Mellerstaines,  January  1710.    Servants  cloathes.    Deb:  to 

Cash. 


rSlprvantsl 

1  kJCl  V  dlltOJ 

[Sterling] 

For  cloathes,  etc.  for  Rob:  Wight 

£ 

c 
o. 

IX. 

rid  in  on  at 

X 

Q 

i/ 

o 

yj 

For  male  pine  Robert  Wichts  rid- 

ing  coat  .... 

o 

9 

— i 

o 

yj 

For  a  frock  to  Wight 

o 

12 

o 

For  4  pair  shoes  to  George  Dods 

o 

x  yj 

o 

For  Rob*  Wights  ridinc  coat 

1 

X 

10 

0 

yj 

For  threed  lsh  8d 

o 

yj 

X 

Q 
O 

For  ^hoes  to  Rob*  Wip*ht 

o 

o 
— 

0 

For  «?hops  to  Tarn  Youll 

o 

9 
_ 

To  James  Watson  for  makeing 

mens  cloathes 

lllvlltJ      V/XV/lAi  VXXVkJ                            •                             •  • 

o 

3 

o 

For  12  ounces  threed 

o 

yj 

X 

1 1 

J  X 

For  21  ell  nlain  for  blew  cloath  at 

7J  

o 

1 8 

xo 

11 

For  a  chonin  of  ovl  for  livera 

JL   \_/X        CX       VllV  L/lll        v/X        V/  V  1       XV/ X        11  V       X  cx< 

wooll 

o 

yj 

o 

10 

XV/ 

For    2  it    ston   wooll   for   lever  a, 

JL   V/X          m  O)          yj  UV/11           t  »  Wll         1VJL          XV-»  V  X-'X  ti 

cloath  and  linine  ;   this  wooll 

wad  all  «ior1~pd  and  plpan  wail'd 

1 

o 

For  butter  5s.  [buttons  ?]  . 

o 

yj 

o 

For  42  ells  six  ouarters  rloath 

JL   V/X         JJ  *m        Vllkj        OlA       VJ  LiU;l  L<V1  O  V/lV/U)Vll 

working  at  3d.  per  ell,  J:  M: 

o 

10 

6 

For  21  ell  lining  ell  broad  at  Id. \ 

working  .... 

0 

2 

n 

For  shoes  to  Robie  Wight 

0 

2 

0 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  Youll 

0 

2 

6 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  Youll,  Geordy 

Dods,  and  Rob:  Wight  . 

0 

9 

0 

For  2  hats  to  Tarn  Youll  and 

Geordy  Dods 

0 

8 

0 

For   dresing  a  hat  to  George 

Mathy  .... 

0 

1 

0 

For  galoun  to  the  hats  8sh.  9d.  . 

0 

8 

9 

144 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Decmr. 


[Servants] 

[Sterling] 

For  stokins  to  Rob.  Wight,  Tarn 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Youll,  Geo:  Dods  . 

0 

7 

6 

For  stokins  to  Rob:  Wight 

0 

1 

6 

For  a  hat  to  Rob.  2s.  6d.  Dods 

Is.  Id  

0 

3 

7 

For  shoes  to  Rob.  2s.  8d.  shoes  to 

Geordy  Dods  shoes  3sh. 

0 

5 

8 

For  boots  to  Tarn  Youll  cochman 

0 

10 

0 

For  shoes  to  James  Kilpatrick  . 

0 

2 

4 

For  a  hatt  and  galune  to  Wight  . 

0 

9 

0 

For  galuns  and  tracing  to  the  rest 

of  the  servants  to  finish  them 

0 

2 

0 

For  Robie  Wight  cloathes  and 

furnishone  .... 

2 

0 

0 

For    makeing    and  furnishing 

Wights  cloathes 

0 

6 

6 

For  stokins  shoes  and  buckles  to 

Wight  

0 

6 

0 

For  linins  to  Wight,  Youll  and 

Dods  

1 

4 

6 

For  stokins  to  Dods  and  Youll  . 

0 

5 

6 

For  4  ells  bustin  for  Dods's  runing 

wastcoat  3s.  4d.  strings  and 

threed  9 

0 

4 

1 

For  furniture  for  cloathes  from 

Cha:  Ormston        .        .        .       0  10  6 


S.  16  01  1 


Account  of  Servants  wages  1713. 

May  Minzies 
To  her     .        .  .£100 

Margrat  Finla 
Edn.     To  her  6s.  8d.  more 

from  my  doughter  5s.    0  11  8 


17 13]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  145 


[Servants] 
Edn.     To  her  5s.,  2s.  6d.,  9s. 
lOd.  . 
To  her  in  full  of  her 
wages 

Ann  Bell  came  to  waah 
and  spine  at  Marts 
1712  her  wage  in  the 
year  with  2s.  each 
half  year  for  shoes 
is  1  14  0 

To  her  2s.  more  2s. 

To  her  a  chist  . 

To  her  in  full  of  her 
wages 


[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 

0  16  10 

2    9  10       3  18  4 


0    4  0 

0  8  7 

1  19    9       2  12  4 


Alison  Brunfield  came 

to  be  chamber  Maid 

Whit.  1713  her  wage 

with    shoes   in  the 

year  is  1  14  0 
To  her  wages  for  half  a 

year     .        .         .    0  17    0       0  17  0 

Peggy  Johnston  came 

at  Whitesunday  1713 

her  wage  in  the  year 

is  1  16  0 

To  her  wages  for  half  a 

year     .        .         .    1  16    0       1  16  0 

Dorathy  Gilroy  came  to 

be  Kitchen  Maid  at 

White  1713  her  wage 

in  the  year  is  50s.  fie 

and  drinkmony 
To    Dolly  wages  for 

half  a  year    .         .    0  13    0       0  13  0 


146 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1713 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

To  Dolly  Cook  Maid  a  £   s.  d. 
quarters  wages  and 

cariage         .         .  0  18    0       0  18  0 

Thomas  Youll  Coachman  1 
To  his  wife  when  they 

were  sick      .  .050 
To  his  Lambes  Rent 

1712  .        .        .  0  15  2^ 
febr.  2d    To  him  at  Edn  Decmr. 

last      .        .  .040 
To  his  Candls  Rent 

1713  .        .        .  0  15  2^ 
July  28    To  him  3s.  more  5s.  to 

Docter  Gibson  l£ 

Is.  6d.  .        .        .1    9    6  4  11  7 

To  his  Lambis  Rent 
15s.  2T6Yd.  1713 
shoes  3s.,  2s.  6d.,  2s. 
6d.  .        .13  2T% 

Will  Brounlees  came 

to  be  footman  at 

Marts  1712  his  years 

wages   for  stokins 

shoes  and  altogether 

is  2  10  0 

To  him  for  shoes  3s. 

stokins  2s.  3d.  .053 
To  him  in  full  and  for 

other  work   for  \ 

year     .        .        .  1  13    4  1  18  7 

John  Hume 
March  To  him  6  bolls  oats 
11         Lithgow  measure  at 

1  The  items  here  entered  against  Thomas  Youll  are  included  in  the  fuller 
statement  on  p.  148. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  147 


[Servants] 
4£  2  bolls  Bear  alto- 
gether comes  to  32£ 
4d.       .        .        .  2  13  8 

To  him  of  his  wages     0  16  8 

To  him  a  ston  4  lb. 

wooll    .        .  .097 
July  20    To  him  13s.  9d.,  8s.  to 

him  2£         .        .  3  11  9 

To  his  House  rent     .  0  15  0 

John  Clark  entred  at  Marts 

1712     His  wages  in 

the  year  is  2    0  0 
To  him  payd  over  and 

above  his  account  of 

days  work     .        .10  0 
July  15    To  him  for  4  bolls  oats 

and  two  ston  Meall  1  15  0 
To  him  2s.       .        .0    2    0  2  17  0 


[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 


7  16  10 


Androw  Lamb 

To  the  officers  land  .  2  0 
To  Matha  Blacks  land  1  0 
Tame  Youll  came  to 

be  barnman  Whit 

1713  his  wage  is  in 

the  year  50s.,  and 

hose  and  shose  each 

half  year. 
To  him  10s.  more. 

Thomas  Youll  came  to  be  footman  White 
1713  his  wage  is  2£ 
and  for  stokins  and 
shos  10s.  in  the 
year  in  all    2  10  0 
To  him   stokins  2s. 


0 

0  3    0  0 


148 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1713 


[Servants] 

shoes  3s.  more  3s. 

more  3s. 
To  him  Is.  2d. 
To  Barbry  Hardy  for 

hay  working  16 

days 

To  a  washer  6d.  more 

18d.  . 
Tarn  Youll  Barnman 

has  gote  of  late 

Crop 

1712  4  bolls  oats  at 
4£  12s.  Scots  4  fows 
more  a  boll  4  fous 
bear  at  7£  Scots  . 


[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 

0  11  0 

0    12  0  12  2 

0    5    0  0    5  0 

0  2    0  0    2  0 

1  12  8 

110  2  13  8 


S.  23  16  10 


Thomas  Youlls  Account1 

For  wages  from  White 

1706  to  White  1709      4  10  0 

1707  To    him    by  Androw 

Lamb     ...  020 

1708  To    him    by  Androw 

Lamb     ...  1  13  4 

To  him  by  corn  and 

stra        ...  096 

1709  To  him  by  John  Shiels  0  10 
To    him    by   lose  of 

Dods  services  and  his 

own  drinking  .        .  0  10  0 

To  him      ...  020 
For  wages  at  2£  from 
Whit  1709  till  Whit 
1712       .        .  .600 


1  This  statement  of  accounting  with  Thomas  Youll  is  written  on  a  separate 
piece  of  paper  pinned  into  the  Account  Book. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  149 


[Servants] 

1710  To   him    by  Androw 

Lamb 

To  him  by  Androw 
Lamb  Henderson 

To  him  by  his  brothers 
corns  at  severall  time 
and  allow  pat:  in  his 
rent 

1711  To  him 

To  the  Lambes  Rent 
1711 

To  him  for  drinking  at 
Makerston,  etc. 

To  George  Dods  for 
him 

To  the  Docter  l£  Is.  6 
his  wife  5  drogs  10  . 

For  wages  at  2£  10s. 
from  Whit.  1712  till 
Marts.  1714  . 
1713      To  him  3s.,  5s.,  3s.,  2s. 
6d.,  2s.  6d.  . 

To  him  at  Edn  4s.  3s. 
4d.  R  D  2s.  6d. 

To  him  3s.  6d.  more  3s. 

To  the  Ferrier  of  horse 
hire 

By  his  rent  for  3  year  at 
Lambs  1714 


ballance  over  pay'd  . 


[Sterling] 

£  s.  d. 

0  11  8 

0  16  8 

6  10  0 

10  0 

0  15  2^ 

0  10  0 

0  13  8 

1  16  6 

6  5  0 

0  16  0 

0    9  10 

0    6  6 

2  0  0 
4  11  3 

16  15    0      23  15  1^ 

7  15  1A 


Account  of  Expence  of  Servants  Cloathes  1713. 

To  Alison  Brunfield  of  Arls        .       0    0  6 
To  Dolly  kilray  of  Arls  and  bring- 
ing her  home        .        .        .       0    2  0 


150 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1713 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 


For  going  Whissen  bank  May 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Minzies   and  Androw  Lambs 

expence  with  one  horse 

0 

2 

9 

bringing  home  bella  2s.  2d. 

James  young  arls  6d. 

0 

2 

8 

For  bustine  to  make  oat  a  wast- 

coat  at  lid. 

0 

2 

2f 

For  brew  hair  6d.  pr  ounce  and 

threed  6:  0  . 

0 

2 

0 

For   15   ell   Gray  working  six 

quarter  broad  at  3d. 

0 

3 

9 

For  8  ells  Bustine  for  runing 

cloathes  .... 

0 

9 

0 

For  arls  to  wemen  Is. 

0 

1 

0 

For  working  15  yeards  gray  at  3d. 

pr  yd  

0 

3 

9 

To  spotswood  taylor  for  mending 

cloathes  .... 

0 

2 

0 

£1  11  7^ 


Mellerstaine,  Janry  1714.    Account  of  Servants  wages. 
May  Minzies 

Ap.  24  To  her     .        .  .10  0 

June     To  her  .  .10  0 

For  dying  her  goun  .070 

To  her     .        .  .1    0    0  3    7  0 


Fanny  Bell  Entred  at 
White  1714  to  be 
House   keeper  her 
wage  in  the  year  is 
£    s.  d. 
5    0  0 

To  her     .        .        .2    0    0  2    0  0 


1714]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  151 


[Servants] 
Jeany  Forsieth  Entred 
at  Marts  1713  to  be 
chamber  Maid  her 
wage  in  the  year  is 
£    s.  d. 
2    0  0 
To  her  half  a  years 
wages  .  .10 

Katharin  Kenady  En- 
tred at  White  1714 
to  be  chamber  Maid 
her  wages  in  the  year 
is  2    0  0 

To  her  for  half  a  year  1  0 

Katharine  Heart  En- 
tred to  be  Landry 
Maid  and  washer  at 
White:  1714  her 
wage  in  the  year  is 
34s.  and  4d.  and 
her  two  pairs  shoes 
at  2s.  a  pair  .        .  1  18 

Isabella  Rickelton  en- 
tred to  wash  and 
Milk  cow  at  Marti- 
mas  1713  her  wage 
in  the  year  is  with  her 
shoes  at  2s.  1  10  8 

To  her  2s.  1T62 . 

To  her  in  full  for  a  year  1  10 

Bella  Robison  entred 
to  be  under  Cook  at 
Marts  1713  her  wage 
in  the  year  is 

2    0  0 


[Sterling] 
£    s.  d. 


0  10  0 


0  10  0 


4 


8  1  10  8 


152 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 
Janr.     To  her  5s.  more  2s.  £    s.  d. 

6d.  more  5s.  one  s 

to  her  .  .  .  0  13  6 
For  stuff  to  her  goun  10  0 
To  her  linin  to  it  2s. 

6d.  makeing  Is.  8d.  0  4  2 
For  two  Aprons  James 

Liedhouse  .  .030 
For  changeing  a  plate  0    1    6  2    2  2 

Peggie  Sharp  entred 

to  be  under  cook  at 

July  8  her  wage  in 

the  year  is  1  10  0 
To  her  for  half  a  year  0150  0150 

To  the  Nurs  3s.  4d. 

more  3s.  4d.  .  .068 
To  her  6  bolls  oats  at 

5£  16s.  8d.    .        .3    6    0  3  12  8 

Alexander  Hume  En- 
tred at  White  1713 
to    be    Butler  his 
wages  in  the  year  is 
2    0  0 

Janr.     To  him    .        .        .10  0 
To  him  for  boots      .  0  10  0 
To  him  for  cheno  and 
other     things  he 

brock   .        .        .  0  10    0  2    0  0 

James  Grieve  Entred 
at  Marts  1713  to  be 
Butler  his  wage  in 
year  is  2£  but  if  he 
pleases  me  it  is  to  be 
3£  3    0  0 

Octr.      To  him    .        .        .10    0  10  0 


1714] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


153 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

£  s.  d. 

Thomas  Youll  Coachman 
To  the  fferriers  ac- 
count l£  10  a  horse 

hire  to  the  coch  when 

the  Mare  was  spoilt 

0  10  0  .  .200 
To  him  for  shoes  3s. 

4d.  from  R  D  2s. 

6d.  .  .  .  0  5  10 
Candles     rent  1714 

Lamb    rent  1714 

l£  10s.  5d.     .        .  1  10    5  3  16  3 

May  15  he  is  over  payd  at 
White  1714  5£  19 
Id. 

June  3     To  him  3s.  6d.  more  3s. 


John  Hume  Garner 
To  him  5s.,  2s.,  more 

10s.  ston  wooll  8s.    1    5  0 
To  him  in  full  of  his 

wages  at  Marts  1714  2    6  8 
For  his  bbolls  oats  and 

2  bolls  bear  Lithgow 

measure        .        .  2  13  4 
For  his  House  Rent     0  15    0  7    0  0 


For  his  Cows  meatt 
and  grase. 

John  Clark 
To  him  shoes  3s.  2d. 

Meal  2s.  5d.  more 

2s.  Id.,  15s.  4d.  .13  0 
Androw  Lamb  his  ex- 

pences  at  fairs  2s. 

more  3s.       .  .050 


154 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1714 


[Servants] 
To  Androw  Lamb  for 

his  land 
To  Dick  . 


3  0  0 
0    6  8 


[Sterling] 
£    s.  d. 


4  14  8 


Thorn  Youll  footman 


To  Tom  3s.  6d.  .036 


July  14    To  him  5s.  more  2s. 


more  6d   more  3s. 


6d.  .  .  .  0  11  6 
To  him  3s.  .  .036 
To  him  which  pays  him 


for  a  year  and  a  half  2    6  0 


3    4  & 


To  Tamas  Youll  the 
Barnman  a  years 
wages  payd  him  at 
Whitsunday  1714 


2  17  4 


Thomas  Bell  Entred 

at  White  1714  to  be 

Barnman  his  wage 

in  the  year  is  three 

pound  and  two  pair 

shoes  and  2  pr  stok- 

ins  10  .  3  10  0 
To  him  5s.  to  him  his 

whole   fees    for  6 

monethes      .  1  15  O 

To  5d.  men  for  going 

errands  thresing  etc. 

for  a  year     .        .14  2 
To    Meg  Henderson 

two  Aprons  3s.  shoe 

2s.  2d.  .        .        .  0  14    2  1  18  4 

To  her  2s.  and  to 
Barbry  Hardy  for 
her  Is.  more  in  full 


28    6  1 


1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  155 


[Servants] 

Account  of  Servants  Cloathes  and  other  expences  1714. 

[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 

For  a  pair  boots  to  Sandy  Hume  0  10  0 
To  Fanny  Bells  Arls  Is.  .  .  0  10 
Ap.  14  To  Liedhouse  for  threed  last  year  0  2  0 
Ap.  26  To  Alexander  Blyth  for  makeing 

and  mending  cloathes  to  this 

day  haveing  cleard  accounts 

with  him  .  .  .  .  0  8  6 
For  cariing  Jean  Forsyth  and  her 

trunk  from  Newcastle  .  .  0  12  6 
For  bring  Fanny  Bell  out  of  toun 

Is.  bringing  Katharin  heart  2s.  0  3  0 
For  bringing  Katharin  Kenady 

from  Berwick  Is.  .        .       0  10 

For  bringing  Pegie  Sharp  from 

Berwick        .        .        .        .       0  10 


1  19  0 


London,  January  1715.    Servants  wages. 
May  Minzies 


To  her  

1 

1 

6 

April! 

To  her  which  compleats  all  her 

wages  till  Lambes  last  1714  . 

19 

11 

6 

Aug.  26 

To  her  l£  lOsh.  Decmr.  2  to  her 

2£  3s.  .... 

3 

13 

0 

Katharin  Hearts  wages  I  highted 

when  I  came  to  London  from 

Candles  1715  to  .300 

March  8 

To  her  .... 

1 

12 

0 

Aug.  26 

To  her  

1 

1 

6 

Jean  Housnem  came  to  be  Cook 


/ 


156  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 

[Servants]  [Sterling] 

the  16  day  of  Dcemr  1714  her  £   s.  d. 

wage  in  the  year  is  £8. 
To  her  for  2  Monethes  caried  away 

by  constables        .        .        .  17  4 

To  Marie  Swan  cook  for  a  week  .  0    2  6 

To  Hana  Stivens  cook      .        .  0    8  0 

Sara  Lies  came  to  be  Chamber 
Maid  the  21  Decmr.  1714  her 
wage  in  the  year  is  £4    0  0 

1715 

Janr.  11.  To  her  for  3  weeks  wages  .       0    5  0 

Hellen  Williams  came  to  be 
Housemaid  the  12  her  wage  in 
the  year  is    .  .£400 

For  a  mug  2  more  for  6  weeks 
6s.  2d. 

Aug.  26    For  constables  and  cariing  befor  a 

justice  of  peace  8s.  2d.  .        .       0  16  4 

Ann  Frazer  came  to  be  chamber 
maid  the  22d  febr.  her  wage  in 
the  year  was  .300 
Aug.  26    To  her  for  a  fourtnights  wages  3 

weeks  more  .        .        .        .       0    7  6 

Sara  Thrift  came  to  be  Housemaid 
the  10  of  March  her  wage  in  the 
year  is  .        .         £4    0  0 

To  her  for  a  week     .        .        .       0    2  0 
Ap.  8    To  Doraty  house  made  for  a  week       0  17 

Lattes  Hall  entered  to  be  Cook 
the  26  of  March  her  wage  in  the 
year  is  .         8£    0  0 

To   her   for    a   moneth  wages 

13s.  4d  0  13  8 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  157 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 
To    Winifrid    Rollands    for    a       £  s.  d. 
monethes  wages.    .        .     ■  .       0  16  8 
Aug.  26    Katharin  Loid  came  home  for  one 
night  only 

Sep.  18  Amee  cook  a  day  .  .  .  0  2  6 
John  Baillie  came  to 
be  Jerriswoods  ser- 
vant at  White  1714 
his  wages  in  the 
year  is      £5    0  0 

1715 

Janur.  11  To  him  half  a  years 

wages  ...  2  10  0 

May  1    To  him  in  full  of  his 

wages  .  2  10  O 

Thomas  Hewie  came 

in  John  Baillies 

place  his  wage 

4£    0  0 
To  him  for  half  a  year 

tho   he   was  only 

from  6  May  till  28 

Sepr     ...  200 

James  Grives  wages  I 

highted  after  I  came 

to      London  at 

Candles  1715  to  (in 

the  year)  £4    0  0 
Aug.  26    For  a  Mug  Is.  a  fork 

lOsh.  . 
I     highted  James 

wages    at  Lambes 

1715  to     £5    0  0 

Tarn  youls  is  to  con- 
tinue at  in  the  year 
£3. 


158 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Servants] 
To  his  wifes  Candles 

rent  1715      .        .  0  15  2T% 
To  her  Lambes  rent 

1715     .        .        .  0  15  2T% 
Aug.  26    For  plewing  his  land 

this  year       .        .  0  18  10 


Betty  cook 

for  a  moneth         .  0  10  6 
Aug.  17    To  her  for  days  wages    0    8  0 


Jean  Forsith  entred  to 
be  house  Maid  at 
Whitsunday  1715 
her  wage   in  the 
year  is      £3    0  0 
Aug.  26    To  her  a  pair  shoes  .  0  4 

To  her     .        .  .11 

To  her  fraught  come- 
ing  up  beside  her  wages  0  10 

To  her  in  full  of  11 
moneths  wages  at 
4£  a  year      .  .20 


Nelly  Ormand  came 
to  be  Cook  on  the 
17  August  her  wage 
in  ye  year  £5    0  0 

To  her  for  6  moneths  2  10 


[1715 


[Sterling] 
£   s.  d. 


2    9  1 


0  18  6 


3  16  0 


0 


2  10  0 


Robert  Anderson  came 
to  be  Jerriswoods 
footman  Sepr.  28 
his  wage  in  the  year 
with  Liverras  is  £5 

he  furnishes  shoes  and 
stokins — stayd  a 
week. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  159 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 
George  Midcalf  came  £   s.  d. 

to  be  footman  Octo- 
ber 1715  his 
wages  in  the  year 
without  stokens  and 
shoes  is      5    0  0 

S.  £48  16  2 


Aug.  26 
Sep.  18 


To  Hellen  Williams  arls 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  Big  coat  to  Tarn  Youll  lined 

and  brass  buttons 

2 

5 

0 

For  a  Big  lin'd  Coachmans  Coat  . 

2 

10 

0 

For  a  hatt  and  laceing  two  with 

old  lace  I  had  by  me 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  blew  coat  to  Tames  Youll 

2 

5 

0 

For  4  pair  Stokins  to  the  Liverras 

0 

14 

0 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  youll 

0 

4 

0 

For  dresing  and  cuting  two  hats 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  sute  Liveras  to  James  Grive 

at  4£  lOsh  

4 

10 

0 

For  a  big  Blew  coat  to  James 

Grive  ..... 

2 

10 

0 

For  a  sute  Liverras  to  Thomas 

Hardy  and  a  big  coat 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  coate  to  the  coachmas 

Nicolles  .... 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  wastcoat  and  briches  to 

make  Tarn  youll  a  full  sute 

2 

5 

0 

To  Robert  Anderson  arls  to  be 

Jerriswoods  footman 

0 

1 

0 

For  gold  lace  to  two  hats 

0 

17 

2 

For  shoes  to  Tarn  youll 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  hat  to  George  Midcalf  8s. 

lace  to  it  3s.  ... 

0 

11 

0 

160 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1717 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

For  a  pair  plushes   and  with  £   s.  d. 

shambo  briches  to  George      .  0  16  0 

For  a  pair  of  shoes  to  Tarn  youll  .  0    4  6 


S.  £28  16  2 


London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  Servants 

wages. 

May  Minzies 

To  Mr.  Hambly  for  a  piece  of 

chints  6    0  0 

To  her  at  Lambes  1717  in  full  of 

all  wages      .        .        .        .       4  15  6 

Katharine  Heart 
I  highted  her  wages  at  Whit  1717 

to        .        .  .500 
To  her  full  and  compleat  payment 

at  White  1717       .        .        .       5  16  2 

Katharin  Lasell  came  to  be  cham- 
ber Maid  to  my  doughters  the 
day  of  her  wages 

in  the  year  is        .5    0    0  0  12  6 

She  stayd  6  weeks    .        .        .       0  12  6 

Mary  Pen  came  to  be  chamber- 
maid her  wage  in  the  year  is 
6    0  0 

June  2d   To  her  l£  Is.  6d.  returned  6s.  6d. 

pay  her  for  six  weeks     .        .       0  15  0 

Katharin  Kenady  came  to  be 
House  Maid  the  23  day  of  Janr. 
her  wage  in  the  year  is 

4    0  0 


1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  161 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 
I  highted  her  wages  at  Lambes       £   s.  d. 

1717  to         .        .  4  10  0 
To  her  when  she  was  in  Scot- 
land  2  12 

To  her  compleat  wages  at  Marts 

1717     .        .        .        .        .        13  0 

Jean  Dickson  came  to  be  cook  the 
1st  febr.  her  wage  in  the  year  is 
8    0  0 

To  her  a  moneths  wages  for  a 

fourtnight     .        .        .        .       0  13  4 

Pegie  came  to  be  cook 

the  18  day  of  febr.  her  wage  in 
.  the  year  is    .  .600 
She  stayd  only  a  night. 

Betty  was  cook  from  20  feb. 
to 

To  her  10  sh.,  more  10s.  more  for 

10  weeks  8  lOd.    .        .        .        1    8  10 

Ann  Phillips  entred  to  be  cook 

Wedensday  the  24  Aprill  her 

wages  in  the  year  .700 
To  her  in  full  for  2  monethes  and 

2  weeks  at  8£  a  year       .        .       1  13  6 

Ann  Griffeth  came  to  be  cook  the 
9  July  her  wages  in  the  year  is 
7£  and  8  if  she  dos  well 

8    0  0 

To  her  7  Moneth  and  3  weeks  at 

3s.  4d.  a  week       .        .        .        5    3  4 

James  Grieve 
To  him  full  payment  of  all  wages 

at  Martimas  1717  .        .      14  19  7 

L 


162 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Servants]  [Sterling] 

John  Hume  Garner  at  Mellerstaine 

To  him  three  years  wages  at       £   s.  d. 

Martimas  1717      .        .  12    0  0 

To  him  18  bolls  oats  and  6  bols 

bear  Lithgow  measure  at  8sh. 

pr  boll  for  sd  3  years  .  .  9  12  0 
To  his  house  rent  3  years  at  15  .  2  5  0 
To  his  cows  grase  and  fother  in 

winter. 

James  Park  came  to  be  footmas 
13  febr.  his  wages  without  shoes 
and  stokens  is  5    0  0 

Thomas  Youll 
To  him  the  Candles  and  Lambs 

1716  and  1717  rent  .  .  3  10  10 
For  Plewing  his  Land  the  sd  2 

years    .        .        .        .        .       1  17  8 

George  Divison  entered  footman 
his  wages  in  the  year 

is         .        .        .  4  10  0 
June       To  him  5s.  in  full  of  his  wages  for 

8  moneth  more      .        .        .        3    0  0 

To  Androw  Lamb  3  years  rent 
Lambs  1715  16  and  1717  his 
being  2£  Matha  blacks  l£  2s. 

8tV— 9£    8    1TY        •        .98  1^ 

Dorathy  Hunter  came  at  the  end 
of  Aug:  1717  to  be  my  Grisies 
Maid  her  wages  in  the  year  is 
5    0  0 

octr.    To  her  by  Francy  Newtons  ac- 
count .        .        .        .        6  14  4T42 


iyiy]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  163 

[Servants]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

To  her  by  Mrs.  Wisharts  account        0    6  0 

To  Babie  Robison  for  sowing  at 

half  a  crown  a  week      .        .       1  12  3 

febr.  11    For  a  woman  to  wash  Is.  to  scour 

2  days  2s  0    3  0 

For  washing  Is.  Is.  Is.  Is.  Is.  Is. 

2s.  6d.  Is.  Is.  Is.  Is.  Is.  .        .        0  13  6 

For  scouring  Is.  Is.  6d.     .        .       0    2  6 


S.  £96    6  9lg 


London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  Servants  cloathes. 


Marchs 


For  stokins  to  Tarn  3s. 

0 

3 

0 

For  mending  Tarn  youls  Cloathes 

0 

5 

3 

For  6  duson  brass  buttons  at  18  . 

0 

9 

0 

For  9  dusone  small  at  9d. 

0 

6 

9 

For  a  pair  gloves  for  Park 

0 

1 

6 

For  3  hats  to  the  servants  15s. 

lace  to  them  10s.  4d. 

1 

5 

4 

For  cloath  to  servants  at  8sh.  2 

big  coats  and  sute  cloathes 

6 

5 

4 

The  serge  linin  at  20d.  big  butons 

as  above  for  one  coat 

To  Pringle  the  Taylor  for  makeing 

the  sute  at  rates  agreed  on 

3 

12 

0 

For  a  pair  hose  to  Tarn 

0 

3 

1 

For  a  pair  shoes  to  Tarn  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  hat  and  galoun  to  George 

5s.  4s.  . 

0 

9 

0 

For  4  pr  scarlite  stokens  to  the 

servants  5s.  on  at  6s.  6d. 

1 

1 

6 

For  Tarns  shoes  18d. 

0 

1 

6 

For  |  cloath  for  Georges  Briches 

5s.  5d.  . 

0 

5 

5 

164 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


Aug. 


[Servants] 

[Sterling] 

tor  shoes  to  James  Park  4s.  shoes 

£ 

s. 

d. 

to  George  4s. 

0 

8 

0 

lor  dresmg  a  hat 

0 

1 

0 

lor  a  pair  boots  to  James  Park 

lis.  ..... 

0 

11 

0 

For  7  duson  guilt  bras  buttons  for 

2  coats  at  2s.  pr  du. 

0 

14 

0 

For  nin  duson  waistcoat  buttons 

at  1  sh. 

0 

9 

0 

For  a  goun  to  Tarns  doughter 

1 

4 

0 

For  stokens  to  Tarn  youll  . 

0 

4 

6 

For  ane  Apron  to  Nans  Haliwall  . 

0 

5 

5 

For  a  Blew  Ridincoat  to  Will  Mc 

1 

14 

10 

For  cariing  Dol  Hunters  cloaths, 

etc.      .        .        .  ... 

0 

11 

0 

For  boots  to  George  which  he  lost 

0 

4 

6 

S. 

£23 

9 

11 

Deburst  for  Houshold  furnitur  1693. 


1693 

Aprl  22d  To  William  Scott  for  a  table, 

stands  and  glas 
May  20.    For  a  sut  Aras  hangins  of  14  ells 
in  3  pices  .... 
For  puther  from  Mrs.  Hervie 
Ditto    For  sevarall  othar  things  to  the 
howss  that  stands  in  ane  other 
book  ..... 
For  furniture  betwixt  Oct1  12 

1693  and  May  12,  1694  . 
For  bed  bolster  and  cods  . 
For  drinking  glases  . 
1694    To  Penman,  goldsmith,  for  work 
as  per  account  and  recept 


[Scots] 


60    0  0 


96 
39 


304 
22 
11 


88  18  0 


40    0  0 


1693] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


165 


[Furnishings] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  furnitur  to  my  green  bed,  etc. 

169 

19 

0 

For  dornick  .... 

24 

12 

0 

Jun.  20 

For  a  washing  ruber  . 

0 

9 

0 

Ditto 

For  bottles  .... 

57 

12 

0 

Aug. 

For  dornick  at  Inerkithin  12lb.  3d. 

str.  ..... 

124 

12 

0 

For  liting  my  coper  culrd  stuf,  etc. 

28 

1 

0 

Ditto  26 

For  2  ston  lint 

10 

0 

0 

For  linin  for  shits 

9 

8 

0 

Oct. 

For  the  litle  long  folding  table 

4 

4 

0 

For  the  rond  table  . 

3 

10 

0 

For  6  Holland  codwars 

6 

0 

0 

For  a  bast  to  a  bed  . 

17 

0 

0 

For  4  spinell  yerin  . 

4 

4 

0 

Novr. 

For  a  lint  whille  3lb.  10  earthin 

pots  6s.  .... 

3 

16 

0 

For  5  duble  preses  for  books  at 

131b.  p.  pice,  cohering  7lb. 

72 

0 

0 

For  bakets  seals  and  3lb.  helping 

the  screwtor  18s.  . 

13 

18 

0 

For  a  wanscot  chist  of  drawers  . 

16 

0 

0 

For  lint  spining  for  shits  6  slips  in 

the  pound  14s.  p.  lb. 

For  cariing  the  Lady  Laws  chist  . 

1 

10 

0 

1695 

For  stript  crap  for  window 

March  12 

courtins  at  8s.  6d.  per  ell 

4 

8 

0 

To  24  ells  linin  for  shits 

15 

12 

0 

May  30 

For  a  bason  4,  for  6  puther 

spoones  lib.  4s. 

1 

8 

0 

For  5  glases  2lb.  6s.  a  lid  to  a 

stand  14s. 

3 

10 

0 

For  a  washing  tub  12s.  a  ruber  8s. 

a  glas  14d.  jacolit  stick  lOd.  . 

2 

14 

0 

July 

For  polishing  my  drawers  18s. 

0 

18 

0 

For  6  lame  plats  for  milk  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  a  key  to  the  closit  8,  a 

por anger  4s.  . 

0 

12 

0 

166 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Furnishings]  [Scots] 

For  a  gross  bottels  from  Georg  £     s.  d. 

Lason  at  2lb.  pr  duson   .  24    0  0 

For  36  pint  bottles  .  .  .  19  16  0 
For  a  pott  14s.  a  ston  lint  for  shits 

101b   10  14  0 

For  working  crap  for  curtins      .  6  10 


S.  1310  14  0 


Deburst  for  houshold  furnitur  1696. 


January   For  2  ston  of  lint  to  the  toun  of 
Mellerstens  .... 
To  a  pairt  of  payment  for  linin 
working 

20  For  a  ladle  3s.  a  flamer  4s.  caps  3s 

washen  brush  6s.  . 
For  a  shovell  14,  skull  6s.  . 
For    6  drinking   glases    3  ft. 

chamer  pots  life.  7s. 
For  tikin  to  bed  and  bolster 
For  buttons  for  codwars 
For  a  water  stoup      yron  girths 
Aprill       For  a  posit  dish 

For  drinking  glases  . 
For  setting  a  fixt  bed  in  the 

nursary 
For  2  pair  shits  4 1ft.  linin  14s. 
For  linin  working  5  quarters  brod 

at  3s.  4d.  per  ell. 
For  ane  yron  draping  pan  . 
May  1st    For  a  pair  linin  and  woolan 

blanckets      .        .        .  . 
For  scuring  3  piece  Arass  hangins 
For  6  Dutch  wand  chiers  . 
For  54  ells  hair  plush  at  3 lb.  8  per 

ell  for  hangins 


[Scots] 
11  18  0 

4    7  0 

16    0  0 
10  0 


3    7  0 

2  16  0 

19  0 

18  0 

14  0 

7    4  0 


2  18  0 
4  14  0 


3  14  0 

8  16  0 

2    2  0 

19  16  0 

183    6  0 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  167 


Jun.  18 


July  19 


Decmr. 


[j?  urnisnmgsj 

[Scots] 

1  <~»    K^T*mrrl^    I /~\t*   Iittinrf   "hnf*    c    o  Y*  1  i  t~ 
X\J    XllllglC    1U1    llLLlUg    Lllc  dCdillL 

f? 

X 

s. 

a. 

crap,  etc.  .... 

lo 

f\ 
y) 

A 
U 

For  rubers  hard  and  washing 

1 

Q 
O 

For  the  Japan  table  stands  and 

glas  ..... 

i  oa 
lZU 

A 

A 
U 

For  6  chairs  at  16sh.  the  pice 

a  n 

A 

For  a  fring  to  the  plush  hangins 

2 lb.  7s.  cover  to  Japan  table 

K 
«J 

( 

n 

V/ 

Trrn*  rklK^nin <t  zLf?  flic  linin  c\t~  ftrl 
JL  Ul  UHClllUg  *xO  Cllb  1111111  dl  ^o.  uu. 

Lllc  til  ..... 

cr 

o 

Q 

o 

A. 

U' 

r  or  riKin  to  a  oeo  y  ens 

6 

1  5 

o 

X  Ul        d        iJUH/Il        k^CloJVCLi        1  Wl         111  > 

/^l  r\  cj  "h  r>  c 

UlUdLllCa             •             .             .  . 

Q 

o 

U 

Ai 

u 

r  or  a  natner  oiusn  os.  oq.  . 

A 
U 

Q 

o 

r  or  maKing  o  cucmnes  at  1  is.  pice. 

imnin  lo  one  01  tnem 

q 
O 

C\ 
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Vi  /~\T*    ft    'tXT'Q'f'OT*  rvloCOC 

JC  UI   D  Wdlcl  ^IdbCb  . 

3 

0 

0 

To  Carr,  goldsmith  for  6  spons 

6  forks,  etc.  per  recept  . 

100 

0 

0 

To  put  the  blads  in  the  silver 

knives  .  ... 

2 

2 

0 

For  a  bast  to  the  door 

0 

12 

0 

For  68  ells  cours  dornick  working 

bliching,  etc. 

8 

14 

0 

S. 

600 

16 

6 

Deburst  for  howshold  furniture  1697. 


Agust  1st  To  Carr  goldsmith  the  remains  of 
ane  acount  . 
For  a  lame  bason 
For  bustin  the  big  chair 
For  a  clogbag  lock 
For  a  fish  pan  . 
For  puting  a  blad  in  a  knif 


[Scots] 
012  00  00 
000  14  00 
000  14  00 
000  04  00 
000  07  00 
000  12  00 


168 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1697 


Septm. 


[Furnishings] 

[Scots] 

Jbor  sives  and  riddels  at  Meller- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

steans  ..... 

002 

02 

00 

For  a  fathirbed  bolster  and  2  cods 

042 

00 

00 

For  a  bason  4s.  6d.  4  glases  lti.  16 

002 

00 

06 

For  the  shoe  yron  10s.  a  lock 

mending  and  key  to  a  trunk 

001 

00 

00 

For  a  cover  to  the  green  chair 

4  ell  at  2li.  per  ell 

004 

00 

00 

h  or  scurmg  5  pice  01  Arrass 

hangings  .... 

OUo 

04 

00 

For  2  milk  basons  at  10s.  and  14s. 

3  caps  at  18sn. 

002 

02 

00 

For  a  rimin  dish  2s.  milsy  2s. 

bason  7sn.  .... 

000 

11 

00 

For  6  knives  with  horn  hefts 

001 

16 

00 

t  or  a   lame   chamber   pot  13: 

2  rid  ons  and  a  dry  stool 

001 

04 

00 

-f— ^                       I                ill                                    ^             1  A 

1  or  a  harth  buson  12  a  busom  tor 

hangms  11 

001 

03 

00 

Tl                                             PI*  T 

Jbor  a  gros  01  cnapm  and  a  gros 

muchkm  bottels 

036 

00 

00 

T~1                    llllf                         lz~k  1 

h  or  a  bed  bolster  and  2  cods 

016 

00 

00 

For    werping    and    sowing  my 

holland  .... 

001 

00 

00 

For  working  my  holland  43  ells 

12s.  per  ell  and  drinkmony 

026 

10 

00 

For  5  hesps  mor  yerin  to  the 

holland  at  lti.  10  the  spinill  . 

001 

17 

00 

For  a  clogbag  lock 

000 

05 

00 

To   Thomas   Carr   goldsmith  6 

ounces  silver 

019 

04 

00 

For  6  ells  scarlit  crap  to  my  bed 

at  24  s.per  ell 

007 

04 

00 

To  Robert  Hadden  for  munting 

it  6ti.  16,  a  big  cushin  2ti. 

008 

16 

00 

To  the  timer  of  the  bed  15ti., 

rops  2ti.  .... 

017 

00 

00 

To  the  rods  of  the  bed  4ti.  4ti. 

008 

00 

00 

1703]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  169 


[Furnishings]  [Scots] 
To  stentin  silk  and  threed  and       £  s.  d. 

takits   007  00  00 

To  3  cut  Vinis*glases  .  .  012  13  00 
To  4  J  ells  Damask  table  cloath, 

30J  ells  Damask  servits. 
To  table  cloathes  at         per  ell, 

the  servits  at 
For  25  lb.  tow  .  .  .  .  010  08  00 
For  4  pair  of  linin  shits  .  .  041  12  00 
For  4  pair  shits  at  5ti.  10  .  .  022  00  00 
For  a  pair  old  shits  .  .  .  004  04  00 
I  or  seals  and  2  pound  wight  .  004  06  00 
For  3  carpit  cushins  4ti.  10s.,  a 

chamber  box.  .  .  .  005  12  00 
The  timber  of  a  bed  with  rods  .  006  00  00 
To  John  Hancha  for  tables  and 

timer  work    per  acount  and 

recept   027  04  00 

To  Ms.  Henry  for  pother  as  per 

recept  .        .        .        ..    018  06  00 


377  14  0 

For  plode  [?  plade]  to  Mr.  Johnston  167  12  0 


Edenburgh,  January  1703.    Houshold  Furnitur. 
Deb:  to  Cash. 


For  12  ells  callico  to  help  to  line 

[Scots] 

the  bed  .... 

24 

0 

0 

For  19  bottles  .... 

1 

18 

0 

For  a  large  sawse  pan 

5 

8 

0 

For  a  skellit  pan 

2 

8 

0 

To  Ms.  Willy  for  18  glases  ale  12s. 

wine  6s.  and  8s. 

7 

0 

0 

For  4  jelly  glases 

1 

4 

0 

For  8  jugs  at  3sh.  per  pair 

7 

4 

0 

For  2  crewits  .... 

1 

4 

0 

170 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Febr.  2 


Mar. 


Aprill 


[Furnishings] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  wine  glas 

0 

6 

0 

For  17f  ells  silk  and  cotten  for 

window  curtins 

32 

3 

6 

For  drawing  the  pand  of  the  white 

bed  

0 

18 

0 

For  5  bottles  .... 

0 

10 

0 

For  2  little  cups  to  drink  out  off  . 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  little  yetlin  kettle  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  little  bras  pan 

1 

18 

0 

For  tining  the  pan  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  calico  to  line  my  bed 

20 

0 

0 

For  ane  earthin  pot  to  pickle 

salmond  .... 

0 

4 

0 

To  Thomas  Carr  goldsmith  ane 

ballance  of  ane  old  accumpt 

for  silver  work  in  full  of  all  I 

am  due  him  as  per  his  recept  . 

36 

0 

0 

For  a  little  wort  shill 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  whisk  .... 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  dry  stool  10s. 

0 

10 

0 

For  33  bottles  .... 

3 

6 

0 

For  a  ridle  to  the  tind 

0 

14 

6 

For  tows  to  the  wall  last  year 

0 

16 

8 

For  wall  tows  .... 

0 

13 

6 

For  a  jack  £4  16s.  for  smithwork 

in  making  the  whils 

10 

0 

0 

For  cuper  work 

0 

9 

0 

For  a  chamerpot 

0 

12 

0 

For  4  bottles  8s. 

0 

8 

0 

For  111  ell  tickin 

10 

2 

0 

For  nails  9s.  seting  the  kitchin 

chimny  £12 

1 

11 

0 

For  8  bottles  16s.  nails  4s. 

1 

0 

0 

For  3  slips  yeron  18s. 

0 

18 

0 

For  2  pair  sheats  for  the  childrins 

beds,  12  pillabers  . 

14 

0 

0 

For  2  pair  sheets  to  the  servants 

7 

0 

0 

OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  171 


[Furnishings] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

m         TT                        "T                                *  ■  1        0  1 

lo  James  Imry  smith  tor  work 

1 

0 

0 

FT*         T71           *      i       0                             11                 1  • 

lo  Ernist  tor  my  bed  making  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  3  bottles  6s.,  for  a  map  7s.,  a 

whisk  2s.  6d. 

0 

15 

6 

1  or  a  slip  yeron  6s.,  lor  a  rill  6s.  6d. 

0 

12 

6 

For  3  cups  14s. 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  bottle  2s.,  5  bottles  10s.  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  2  decanters 

4 

16 

0 

TT1         in      1                             i  11*1 

lor  12  cheana  custard  dishes 

4 

16 

0 

lor  2  hand  sconces 

0 

12 

0 

lor  a  come  pot 

0 

14 

0 

TT1                    1  '                T\             •  1 

Jbor  ordmar  Dornick 

54 

10 

0 

For  57  ells  linin  for  shits 

38 

0 

0 

TT!            I            l  ■ 

lor  chamber  pot 

0 

12 

0 

TT!                *1       "IA      i      1       ■  1               IP           p  • 

lor  2  lb.  Dutch  threed  tor  fringes 

4 

16 

0 

T7^                 *        "  i      i                    1  p 

lor  wirsit  to  make  fringes 

7 

16 

0 

lor  a  basm  14s. 

0 

14 

0 

For  18  bottles  .... 

1 

16 

0 

lor  21  ells  pladmg  working 

1 

11 

6 

lor  50  ells  1mm  blichmg  . 

3 

9 

8 

lor  a  timber  morter 

0 

14 

0 

TT!                   IP  n 

lor  a  skep  tor  mean 

0 

6 

0 

TT!                               i            i                                -r\     i  T 

1  or  a  pound  and  ane  ounc  Dutch 

threed  ..... 

3 

4 

0 

Tl           1         *  t  *             a                           11                 1  r\ 

lor  knitms  4s.,  small  cords  7s.  8 

0 

11 

8 

T71             §      1        i          r*                  1        11                    1  • 

lor  takets  £1,  a  ladle  and  sowm 

sive  5  .... 

1 

5 

0 

1  or  a  pair  wooll  cards  £1  2s. 

1 

2 

0 

For  yron  for  cruks  and  bearers  . 

3 

3 

10 

For  a  tree  stoup  lis.  a  handy  cog 

1 

1 

0 

For  10  ells  harden 

2 

5 

0 

For  ane  ston  wooll  . 

6 

13 

0 

For  linin  for  shits 

13 

0 

0 

For  3  ston  lard  wooll  at  £6  10 

19 

10 

0 

For  oyl  to  wooll 

3 

10 

0 

For  threed  £l,  12  cravat  to  Steed- 

man  12s.  .... 

2 

4 

0 

172 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1703 


[Furnishings]  [Scots] 


Meller 
[steans] 
Oct.  20 


For  forcing  shirs  2  pair  3s.,  threed 

£ 

s. 

d. 

2s  

0 

5 

0 

For  knitins  4s.,  while  bands  2s., 

knitins  4s. 

0 

10 

0 

For  50  ell  stuf  for  the  little  room 

at  7s.  6d  

17 

15 

0 

To  Steedmans  son  a  mounth  at 

Mellersteans  in  pairt 

08 

0 

0 

To  the  couper  a  years  accumpt 

6 

11 

0 

For  20  ells  strakins  at  6s.  6d. 

6 

10 

0 

For  156  days  spinin  whereof  6  to 

washen  .... 

11 

14 

10 

For  18  days  all  at  Is.  6d.  per  day 

1 

7 

0 

For  30  ells  linin  at  3s.  the  ell 

working  .... 

4 

10 

0 

For  20  ells  linin  to  Frater  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  30  ells  pladin  by  heart  at  2s. 

per  ell  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  21  ells  pladin  wrought  by 

Rob:  Milne  at  Is.  6d.  . 

1 

11 

6 

For  43  days  work  by  Alshy  Blith 

and  his  son 

8 

11 

6 

For  29  ells  harden  for  bed  and 

horse  shites  .... 

7 

10 

0 

For  2  seeks  £4  for  a  pott  2s. 

4 

2 

0 

For  dying  yellow  fringes  . 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  map  8s.,  ridle  5s.  8d.,  tyle  for 

chimny,  £l  2s.  ; 

1 

15 

8 

For  takets  8s.  6d.  . 

0 

8 

6 

'  For  scarlit  wirsit  lifting  to  a  fring 

of  a  bed  .... 

26 

10 

0 

For  green  worset  to  the  said  bed . 

2 

17 

6 

For  bangall  for  servants  towills  . 

3 

17 

0 

For  cloath  to  the  black  riding 

furnitur  at  10s.  str. 

15 

0 

0 

For  a  black  coutch  with  canvis 

botom  ..... 

9 

0 

0 

For  a  black  arme  rush  chair 

3 

12 

0 

1703]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  17a 


[Furnishingsl 

L                                   O  J 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  two  low  rush  chairs 

4 

16 

0 

For  a  rush  bottomd  eassi  chair  . 

4 

4 

0 

For  a  big  bufft  eassi  chair  with 

cushon  .... 

18 

0 

0 

For  a  walnut  tree  footstooll  and 

buffing  .... 

4 

16 

0 

For  two  rush  foot  stools  . 

3 

0 

0 

To  P.  N.  for  making  a  cran  and 

cripit  ..... 

0 

8 

0 

For  2  crook  trees  bed  rods  etc.  by 

Pat.  N  

1 

8 

0 

For  100  ells  cord  for  curtins 

4 

3 

4 

For  furnitur  to  make  beds 

2 

6 

0 

For  rods  to  a  bed  at  3s.  per  foot 

2 

8 

0 

For  a  larg  fire  shuffill 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  fine  cutt  timber  of  a  bed  . 

48 

0 

0 

For  a  ston  of  douns 

9 

0 

0 

For  dying  silk  fring  and  cushons 

4 

6 

0 

For  making  7  cushons 

7 

0 

0 

For  2  cutt  cornises  3s.,  drinkmony 

6s  

2 

2 

0 

For  buckarm  threed,  takets,  and 

to  a  bed  .... 

6 

7 

0 

For  lame  bouls  and  basons,  etc. 

3 

18 

0 

For  a  pice  muslin  for  window 

curtins  .... 

37 

0 

0 

For  11  bottles  £l  2s. 

1 

2 

0 

To   Stidmans   son  pays  out  a 

month  at  Mellersteans  . 

12 

0 

0 

To  Imrie,  smith 

2 

0 

0 

For  linin  to  help  to  line  the 

barens  bed  .... 

5 

14 

0 

For  brush  to  the  horse  10  nails,  etc. 

1 

5 

0 

For  setting  chimnys  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  table  cloathes 

9 

12 

0 

To  Clark  wright  in  pairt  of  his 

account  .... 

60 

0 

0 

174 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1703 


[Furnishings]  [Scots] 

For  tining  two  pots,  another  pot,  £   s.  d. 

3  covers        .  .        .        .  2    0  0 

For   busoms   and  brushes  and 

chamber  pots  .        .        .  8    0  0 

For  a  frying  pan  .        .        .  2    2  0 

For  9  ells  hardin  from  Hellin 

Garner          .  .        .        .  2  14  0 


S.  807    0  8 


Edenburg,  January  1707.    Houshold  Furnitur. 
Deb.  to  Cash. 


For  glazing  the  house  at  Edin- 
burgh 

For  the  workemanship  of  a  cooler 
54  ounces  and  13d.,  a  duson 
spoons  31  ounce  8d.,  12  knife 
helfts  10  ounce  10d.,  six  salts 
15  ounce  3d.  as  per  Robert 
Bruce  goldsmithes  account 

For  37  ounces  2d.  silver  of  the 
abovesaid  work  (the  rest  being 
my  own)  at  £3  4s.  per  ounce 

For  severall  things  mended  by 
Mr.  Bruce 

For  a  bras  hand  candlestick  to 
the  bairens  room  . 

For  2   smothing  yrons  £l  8s 
mending  the  rest  7s. 
April  lst.To  Sibit  Smith  in  full  of  all 
accounts 

For  a  big  bras  pan  . 

For  a  virginall  hammer  16s., 
musick  book  £6 

For  another  big  brass  pan 


[Scots] 
20    0  0 


91    8  0 


118  16  0 


8  16  0 


0  12  0 


1  15  0 


19  0 

4  16 

6  16 

4  6 


1707]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  175 

[Furnishings]  [Scots] 


For  a  pair  little  bras  candle  sticks 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£2  8s.,  3  pair  snuffers  £l  10, 

7  X 

extinguisher  5 

4 

3 

0 

For  screw  nails  from  Mr.  Inis 

4 

16 

0 

For  half  a  gross  bottles  £9,  cariing 

0                    7  0 

them  ..... 

9 

2 

0 

For  mending  a  pot  Is.  6d.,  cocks 

and  pales  2s.,  oven  mending 

x                      7  0 

5s.  6d  

0 

9 

0 

For  nails  2s.   6d.,  smith  work 

14s.  6d.,  2s.  6d.,  Is.,  Is.,  6s., 

Is.,  2s.  .... 

1 

11 

0 

For    mending    the    bucat  and 

girthes  9s.,  tubs  7s.  6d.,  3s.  6d. 

1 

0 

0 

For  kitchen  towils  £l  2s.,  more 

cours  cloath  £3  6s. 

4 

8 

0 

For  threed  Is.  2s.  Is.  6d.,  a  hair 

busom  16 

1 

0 

6 

For  a  washing  ruber  lis.,  a  ruber 

0  7 

8s.,  a  ruber  12s. 

1 

11 

0 

For  keys  to  back  gate  lis.,  2  little 

tubs  lis.  .... 

1 

1 

0 

For  a  whipe  12s.,  a  Spanish  busom 

L                  7  X 

4s.,  hard  brush  8s.  6d.  . 

1 

4 

6 

For  4  sillibub  glases  £2  8s.,  a  glas 

10s  

2 

18 

0 

For  11  ells  Holland  for  window 

curtins  .... 

21 

0 

0 

For  comb  and  brush  to  the  mares 

£1  16s.         .        .  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  glazing  windows  £l  16s.,  a 

map  and  whisk  12s.  6d. 

2 

8 

6 

For  7  earthen  juggs  £l  2s.  4d.,  a 

tin  tanker  5s.  6d. 

1 

7 

10 

For  a  sand  glas  6s.,  a  milk  sive  and 

pott  6s.  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  a  ston  douns  to  the  easie  chair 

£8  10s.,  a  rugh  head  £l  2s. 

9 

12 

0 

176  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1707 


[b  urmsnmgsj 

[Scots] 

hor  4  ells  harden  £1  2s.,  a  coll 

£ 

s. 

d. 

ridle  4s.  ... 

1 

6 

0 

ior  a  lock  to  Grisies  door  16s.,  a 

key  to  the  drawers  6 

1 

2 

0 

11*               1  111^ 

For  helping  trunk  locks  8s.,  a  cours 

chamer  pot  .... 

0 

9 

6 

For  bast  6  ells  of  8  bread  £2  2s., 

3  ells  fine  8s.  6d.  per  ell  . 

3 

7 

6 

For  a  washin  ruber  for  Meller- 

steans  ..... 

0 

11 

0 

For  strings  to  window  courtins 

17s.  ..... 

0 

17 

0 

Jbor    3    hand    candlesticks  to 

Mellersteans 

2 

2 

0 

For  10  duson  of  bottls 

12 

0 

0 

Meller 

For     3     lame     basons  and 

fsteans] 

chamerpots  4  to  Mellerstean 

June  10 

basons  7s.  p.  pots  8sh.  p. 

2 

13 

0 

Mellerstean  For  a  saus  pan 

2 

8 

0 

June  10 

For  spoons  bought  by  Mary  Muir 

6s  

0 

6 

0 

For  9  ells  strakins  at  6s.  per  ell  . 

2 

14 

0 

13 

For  a  ladle  2s.,  kitchin  knif  3s.  6d. 
For  3  ells  bast  £l  Is.,  for  harden 

0 

5 

6 

at  4s.  per  ell  ... 

2 

0 

0 

For  12  yron  scewers  9s.,  a  Spanish 

busom  4s.  6d. 

0 

13 

6 

July  8 

To  the  couper  in  Earlston  in  full 

of  all  accounts 

4 

0 

0 

For  5  ells  strokins  for  kitchin 

aprons,  etc.  .... 

1 

5 

0 

For  stamping  plush  2s.  per  ell  8s. 

0 

8 

0 

For  scouring  16  pair  blankets 

1 

8 

0 

For  puting  up  chmneys  and  doing 

other  things  in  the  house 

2 

0 

0 

For  a  map  3s.  6d.,  a  filler  for 

Meller[stean]  3s.  6d. 

0 

7 

0 

For  a  glass  chirn 

1 

0 

0 

1707]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  177 


[Furnishings]  [Scots] 


Sep.  29 


For    houshold    furniture  from 

£ 

s. 

d. 

TVToiihra  in  full  of  all  appnninTits 

\A.  hjd-  <X   XXX  J  LI  11  Ul    till    d\^V/U  U.111  U  to 

aporHmcr   to   his   apponnt  and 

discharge  .... 

107 

10 

0 

To  Docter  Dundas  for  2  Ormiston 

fnipchps 

\Jk  LAV_>     A  A  V^O  .... 

3 

0 

0 

PYir    hplnino"    loks    anrl    kpvs  at" 

JL  Ul       A  AV^  1  1^/111           lUiVo       CI  1 1  LI       IVv  y  o       CL  L 

Edinburgh  8s 

JLJ  villi  K_/  kA.±.  C±  IX     KJtJ»                      •                        •  • 

0 

8 

0 

For  6  duson  table  napkins  and  15 

"hahlp  ploafhps  honochi"  at*  Tnnpr- 

i/Ciuic  Lyiva mcij  uyj uiiii u  <x\j  jlxiiicx 

kithin  hv  TVTs  T/insrlav 

xvxuxxxxx   kj  y    itxo#   jljxxio  vacl \       .  • 

136 

0 

0 

For  sowing  table  napkens  6 

n  a  likens  3  dusone 

lltll/lW'llO               VlUOV/llV                                  •  • 

1 

13 

0 

For  a  damask  table  cloath  from 

JL         -L        CI       VlCilllCliJlV       I  Cl  Miv       V,  1V/CI  \j±X       11  VIxl 

Ms.  Orr  .... 

6 

0 

0 

For  makeing  a  brander,  etc.,  in  the 

kitphpn 

XVI  bV^XXv-XX  .... 

1 

4 

4. 

For  anothpr  clas  phirn  thp  first 

A.  VJX       CXXAV^OAAVA       ££ACLo      villlll     OXXV/  mot 

hemo*  broke 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  lock  to  the  utter  door  of 

later  meet  room 

0 

16 

0 

For  a  clogbag  lock  6s.,  2  timber 

rilatps  1  4s 

1 

0 

0 

For  aim  to  litp  povprins  8s  work- 

X   yJJ.   CA  AAA  A  %j\J    XI  IjVs    V^UV  L/llllO    Uo»5     V V  W X  XV 

ing  lint  £l  more  £2  7s.  . 

3 

15 

0 

For  2  big  timber  milk  basons,  a 

Dig  picllc  .... 

9 

Q 

To  John  Mucle  for  working  5 

coverings  8s.  per  p. 

2 

0 

0 

To  the  couper  in  Earlston  in  full 

2 

15 

To  Lethem,  smith,  ane  old  account 

for  chimnys,  etc.  ... 

36 

00 

S. 

694 

19 

2 

M 


178 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


London.  January  1715.    Household  Furniture. 


[Furnishings] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

h  or  4  litle  chena  trute  dishes 

0 

8 

0 

I  or  a  dusone  wine  glases  6£,  2  Ale 

Glases  Is. 

0 

7 

0 

For  2  crewits  Is.,  2  water  botles  3s. 

0 

4 

0 

For  21  water  glases  8s. 

0 

8 

0 

For  6  litle  green  Tee  cups  and 

sassers  ..... 

0 

8 

0 

I1  or  4  big  dishes  from  Jb  ergison  at 

3s.  6d.  . 

0 

14 

0 

lor  2  duson  01  chena  truncher 

plate  tergison 

2 

0 

0 

For  4  big  Dishes  for  Frut  Fergison 

0 

16 

0 

r  or  a  big  punsh  bowl  b  ergison  . 

2 

10 

0 

r  or  2  litle  punsh  bowls  h  ergison 

0 

8 

0 

For  close  stoall  10s.,  a  pan  3s.  4d. 

0 

13 

4 

For  2  triming  cloath 

0 

6 

4 

For  a  Tee  ketle  0  7  0,  a  hatshet  for 

suger  Is.  ... 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  spung  6d. 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  new  washing  tub  5s.  6d.,  a 

ii            1    ■     1  1 

second  hand  tub  3s.  6d. 

0 

9 

0 

For  a  wig  block 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  linin  skreen 

0 

7 

0 

tor  a  coll  ndle  yron  one  2s., 

timer  one  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  head  to  Come  Mime  . 

0 

1 

6 

,  >      4  1        •          _     j  „,        0  J_l 

Jbor  2  Ale  jugs  4s.,  3  earthen  pans 

9d. 

0 

4 

9 

For  a  hard  Ruber 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  grater  and  timber  spoon  3d., 

2  serches  8d.,  map  11 

0 

1 

10 

For  a  pair  sisers  for  the  Dog 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  dusone  of  knife  hafts  make- 

ing  4s.  pr  pice  and  puting  on 

the  creast  lsh.,  the  blads  14d. 

3 

14 

0 

X7I5]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  179 


Ap.  20 

May 


[Furnishings] 

[Sterling] 

For  26  ounces  10  peny  wight  of 

Q 

X, 

s. 

a. 

new  sterline  at  5s.  6d. 

>v 

4 

K 
O 

X1  UI    d  U-UbUIlc  OI   1UIKS  WUIKlIlclIl" 

snip  os.,  gravemg  creast  is.  . 

o 

Q 
O 

A 

jd  or  zd  ounces  ^q.  weignt  oi  new- 

bteiinie  dL  ob.  oq. 

7 

4 

1 

For  a  coper  knif  basket 

0 

10 

0 

For  2  bowls  Is.  6d.,  a  close  stool 

pan  3s.  .... 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  coper  tanker  . 

0 

2 

/-» 
o 

For  a  writing  table  . 

Q 

A 

u 

A 

u 

J;  Ul  d  ClUbc  DUX  lUS.,  d  pULllcl  pdll 

oS.  ..... 

0 

lo 

0 

For  mending  the  Hamer 

A 

1 

j;  oi  a  oi  usii  to  Liie  beivdiiub 

A 
0 

A 

1  A 
10 

For  fraught  of  5  beds,  12  pr 

blankets  bolster  piller  twills 

I) 

T  O 

12 

0 

For  other  expences  in  bring  them 

out  of  the  ship 

0 

9 

4 

For  a  hard  ruber  Is.  6d.,  2  chamber 

■v-v/->.4-n     T  A 

pots  1U  .... 

0 

2 

4 

For  a  paill  2s.  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  2  broun  china  litle  plates 

0 

5 

0 

For  ane  ovel  Dutch  table  6  cups 

and  sassers  .... 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  Honn  to  sharp  razors 

0 

8 

0 

To  Mrs.  Couper  for  a  blew  camblet 

oea  ..... 

6 

0 

0 

For  ane  yron  foot  to  the  Marble 

table  ..... 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  sea  Green  Camblet  Bed 

Q 
O 

lo 

u 

\a  /-\t-»    o     To  r\o  ~y\     I  i  o  i    "f" /^v    n  o ti  rl    o  hm  1 4~ 
X1  UI    d  J  ctpdll  JLilcl    LU  IlclIlU.  ctUULlL 

Tee  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  2  dressing  Glasses  for  my 

self  and  Grisie  with  drawers  . 

2 

14 

0 

For  3  knives  and  forks 

0 

1 

6 

For  a  duson  of  wine  Glases  8s.,  2 

glas  mugs  2s.,  2  Ale  glas  2s. 

0 

12 

0 

180 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Furnishings] 

For  4  white  basons  . 

For  brass  nails  for  chimny  brushes 

at  6d  

For  2  hooks  of  brass  for  curtins  Is. 
For  a  coper  Callender 
For  a  big  coper  pot  for  Bear 
For  a  nother  les  copper  pot  for 

bear  . 
For  a  pair  Kitchen  Bellis 
For  a  pair  bellies  to  the  Landry  . 
For  a  brass  choffer  with  bras  foot 
For  a  top  to  the  Lanthorn  of  tinn 
For  a  fether  bed  bolster  and 

pillows  from  Mrs.  Murray 
For  a  dressing  glass  to  May  and 

Rachel  . 
For  mending  the  stair  sconce 
For  scales  and  weights  and  broads 

and  weights 
For  a  hook  to  hold  my  keys 
For  4  duson  truncher  plates  and  a 

bason  of  puther 
For   38   foot  Mullers 

dyed  pear  tree  for 

prints  at  6d.  and  4d. 

pr  foot         .        .  0  15  10 
For  19  J  foot  dyed  peer 

tree  mullers  the  smal 

picturs    at   3d.  the 

midle  size  at  4d.  the 

largest  size  at  5d.  by 

Mr.  Lasaget  .        .  2  18  0 
For  a  bed  from  Mrs.  Simson  and 

bolsters  .... 
For  2  earthen  pots  for  salting  meat 
For  2  timber  plates  for  takeing  up 

meat  out  of  a  pot  . 


[Sterling] 

X? 
X 

c 
o. 

LI. 

0 

3 

4 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

8 

0 

a 
u 

*7 
4 

A 
\J 

ft 

n 

0 

4 

0 

0 

3 

0 

1 

_L 

yj 

A 

0 

2 

0 

Q 
O 

n 

A 
yj 

0 

15 

0 

0 

3 

0 

1 

4 

0 

0 

8 

0 

3 

19 

6 

3  13  10 


3  0  0 
0    2  4 

0    3  6 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


181 


[Furnishings]  [Sterling] 


Sep.  18 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  brass  tinder  box 

0 

1 

6 

For  ane  English  blanket  to  my 

own  bed  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  clock  pin  with  10  pins 

0 

0 

10 

For  6  litle  hard  brushes  8d. 

o 

0 

8 

For  52  els  linin  for  shiets  from 

May  Minzies 

3 

10 

0 

For  ane  yron  scewer  with  a  wight 

a  loner  one  for  spiting  small  foul 

4  others  lesser 

o 

1 

10 

For  a  chinnv  glass  in  one  pice  54  A 
by  22i  Mr.  Turin 

14 

0 

0 

For  a  large  Glass  in  a  Glase  fram 

25 

0 

o 

For  a  writting  Dask  on  wheels 

walnut  tree  Mr.  Turin  . 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  pair  bellies  5sh.,  a  hearth 

brush  18d.  of  walnut  tree 

0 

6 

6 

For  a  pair  litle  hand  sconces 

0 

5 

0 

For  3  pices  yellow  Damask  for 

window  curtins 

18 

0 

0 

For  6  pices  Green  Damask  for 

hangins,   chairs   and  window 

curtins  from  Piter  Hambly 

36 

0 

0 

For  Mattine  3s.  4d.  to  the  entry 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  litle  Tee  pot  3s.  6d.,  a  plate 

to  it  9d.,  glas  suger  box  Is. 

0 

5 

3 

For  a  brass  pestel  to  a  morter  . 

0 

1 

0 

For  3  litle  stools 

0 

3 

0 

To  Mr.  Scots  man  for  ane  Indian 

TVTfi'H"  l~»"Pin cf\v\  cf 

o 

1 

n 

V7 

For  a  pair  tongs,  shuvel,  and 

Poker  to  the  Kitchen 

0 

8 

0 

For  a  trivit  to  stove  halls  . 

0 

0 

10 

For  a  pair  brass  tongs  and  poker 

0 

16 

0 

For  a  glass  Lamp  9sh.,  the  yron 

to  fix  it  at  the  door  30d. 

0 

11 

0 

For  a  Backie  for  Tee  dishes 

0 

4 

0 

182  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


[Furnishings] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  pair  Bellies 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  wire  sive  for  the  sinders 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  glass  to  the  wemens  room 

0 

2 

0 

For  2  basons  Is.,  a  chamber  pot 

6d  

0 

1 

6 

For  a  Callico  Twilt  to  the  blew  bed 

1 

5 

0 

For  ane  yroning  blanket  . 

0 

3 

0 

For  2  porangers  3d.,  a  litle  pan  2d. 

0 

0 

5 

For  a  spunge  to  the  chambermaid 

6d.  

0 

0 

6 

For  a  saffron  botle  3s. 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  large  chist  of  drawers 

2 

5 

0 

For  a  table  with  Drawers  for  the 

Cupboord  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  hanging  and  2  corner  shelfs 

to  the  Cupboord  . 

0 

10 

0 

For  2  hanging  shelfs  in  my  Closet 

0 

10 

0 

For  60  clock  pins  at  peny  a  pice  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  firr  table  for  dressing  of 

linins  ..... 

0 

10 

0 

For  a  furm  to  the  Kitchin  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  Basket  for  cloathes 

0 

1 

6 

For  9  wine  glases 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  pair  glass  sconces  to  the 

litle  drawin  room  . 

0 

14 

0 

For  black  Japan  Frams  for  picturs 

at  2d.  and  l^d.  . 

1 

0 

0 

For  dyed  pear  tree  frams  at  3d., 

4d.  and  5d.  a  foot 

5 

0 

0 

For  2  frames  to  the  picturs  more 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  pair  of  Raxes  and  a  chean 

to  the  Jack  .... 

0 

10 

0 

For  a  brass  fender 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  chimny  pice 

2 

10 

0 

For  a  yellow  Moyhair  bed  and 

stuff    Tourdelie     2  window 

curtins  .... 

46 

0 

0 

1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


183 


[Furnishings]  [Sterling] 


£ 

i  s. 

d. 

For  a  glas  6  foot  high 

5 

14 

0 

For  2  chimny  glasses  with  black 

frams    and    2    pair    of  glas 

sconces 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  lage  glass  with  black  frame 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  large  Glass  with  glas  frame 

13 

0 

0 

For  a  chimnv  glass  with  guilt 

frame  ..... 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  chimny  Glass  with  glas 

frame  ..... 

4 

15 

0 

For  a  litle  chimnv  glass  wt  black 

frame  ..... 

1 

9 

0 

For  a  large  Glass  with  black 

frame  ..... 

5 

10 

0 

For  2  black  iapan  tables  with 

green  plush 

3 

5 

0 

For  2  blew  Bundet  window 

curtins  .... 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  iapan  Tee  Table 

1 

10 

o 

For  a  litle  glass  with  black  frame 

1 

15 

o 

For  12  japan  chairs,  2  Arm  chairs. 

2  stools  .... 

5 

10 

0 

For  6  Kain  chairs  at  12s.  a  pice  . 

3 

12 

0 

For  4  black  chairs  with  rush 

bottoms  .... 

0 

8 

0 

For  2  beds  Green  and  blew  for 

servants  2£  each 

4 

0 

0 

For  2  fatherbeds,  2  bolsters,  2 

pillows,  2  twilts,  4  blankets 

6 

0 

0 

For  2  folding  beds  for  the  abovesd 

beding  for  servants 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  large  Marbel  table  a  litle 

table  and  2  window  soils 

6 

0 

0 

For  4  window  kain  sashes 

2 

10 

0 

For  a  wanescot  table  for  8  sitters 

10s.,  one  for  5  sitters  5s. 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  book  case  with  looking  glass 

7 

18 

0 

184  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 


[Jb  urnisnmgs] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

1  or  2  Fortigal  Matts  for  floors 

1 

0 

0 

For  2  litle  guilt  sconces 

0 

/•» 

0 

0 

For  a  japan  corner  cupboord  with 

a  table  fixt  to  it 

0 

10 

0 

For  2   wanscots  tables   and  a 

blacke  one  each  4s. 

0 

12 

0 

For  3  chimny  graits  of  one  sort 

with  yron  fenders  tongs  etc.  . 

f 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  grate  .... 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  Landry  grate  and  grate  for 

heating  yrons 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  hearth  and  endyrons  and 

brass  tongs  and  snuvell  . 

1 

17 

0 

For  a  smothing  table  8s.,  a  long 

brod  for  washing  on  starch  8s. 

0 

16 

0 

lor  the  stair  lantron  6s. ,  2  stair 

sconces  7s.  . 

0 

13 

0 

For  a  House  Lader  8s.,  a  Horse 

tor  drying  lmms  7s. 

0 

15 

0 

ii                <>          1  • 
1  or  a  coper  for  washing 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  banch  5s.,  4  tubs  10s.,  a 

water  tub  6s.,  litle  standert  6d. 

1 

1 

6 

For  a  Kitchin  grate  18s.,  with 

cran  6s.,  tongs,  poker,  etc.  5  . 

1 

9 

0 

TTl                    I'll                                  "I                           ■_  y-» 

For  a  litle  rax  and  2  speets  6s., 

pot  hook  Is.,  a  gridyron  18d.  . 

0 

8 

r* 
O 

For  a  coper  pot  16lb  18s.,  a  pot 

101b  10s.,  2  stew  pans  10s. 

1 

18 

0 

For  2  sauce  pans  8s.,  a  brass 

Ketle  14s.,  a  bras  morter  2s.  6d. 

1 

4 

6 

For  a  dnping  pan  and  foot  3s.,  a 

truncher  stand  8s.,  frying  pan 

18d.      .        .        .  . 

0 

12 

6 

For  a  brass  ladle  and  skumer  2s., 

a  trivet  2s.,  a  plate  rack  3s. 

0 

7 

0 

For  3  brass  candle  sticks,  snuffers 

9s.,  2  yron  ons  Is. 

0 

10 

0 

1715]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  185 


[Furnishings] 

[Sterling] 

For  a  floor  barril  Is.,  tinn  candle 

£ 

s. 

d. 

box  Is.,  a  folding  table  3s. 

0 

5 

0 

For  ane  yron  coll  basket  3s.,  a 

roling  ston  18s. 

1 

1 

0 

For  a  Red  and  white  Marbel  table 

at  5s.  a  foot  .... 

1 

10 

0 

TT'          T">  *  J     '                  T>    IT              J     "U  1 

Jbor  Rid  japan  Bellis  and  brush 

6s.,  bought  on  ye  Terns  1 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  brun  vernisht  tee  brood 

bought  on  the  yce  on  lems  1  . 

0 

2 

0 

l^or  a  purple  and  white  Devon- 

shire Marble  table  5s.  a  foot  . 

1 

2 

6 

For  sume  wrong  caried  over  page 

368   

0 

3 

0 

T71                    111  1 

lor  a  shad  shuvel 

0 

1 

6 

For  a  puther  chamber  pote 

0 

2 

6 

For  green  tape  and  silk  to  the 

chairs  .... 

0 

2 

7 

~r\              r*           i  i 

lor  a  fine  slap  basone 

1 

5 

0 

For  a  litle  Tee  broad 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  pittipan  to  ane  ashet 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  grate  for  Jerriswoods  closet 

1 

16 

0 

For  a  pair  bras  tongs  and  shuvel 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  brass  fender 

0 

12 

0 

lor  a  coper  scutle 

1 

1 

6 

1  or  a  new  f ashond  coper  scuttel 

1 

0 

0 

For  18  bras  pins  at  3d. 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  hearth  and  dogs 

1 

3 

0 

For  a  back  to  the  Hearth  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  pair  Bellows— walnut  tree 

0 

4 

6 

For  ane  extinguisher 

0 

1 

0 

For  ane  browning  yron 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  stiel  to  warm  water 

0 

2 

0 

1  'In  the  winter  of  1715-16  the  frost  was  again  so  intensely  severe  that  the 
xiver  Thames  was  frozen  over  during  almost  the  space  of  three  months.  Booths 
were  erected  on  the  congealed  river  for  the  sale  of  all  kinds  of  commodities  and 
.all  the  fun  of  the  fair  of  1684  was  revived.  On  19  January  17 16  two  large  oxen 
were  roasted  whole  on  the  ice.' — Old  and  New  London,  by  Edward  Walford. 


186 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Furnishings] 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  coll  rack  2s. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  tinn'd  Basket  for  Plates 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  litle  china  Tee  pot  a  saffron 

pot  at  5s. 

0 

5 

0 

For  4  pieces  of  the  Green  Damask 

of  my  furnitur 

24 

0 

0 

For  a  Cavie  for  chickens  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  silver  stand  for  small  wax 

candle  weight  6  ounces 

1 

18 

0 

For  a  case  to  the  bige  knives  etc. 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  pair  Glas  Branches 

0 

12 

0 

For  11  litle  picturs  glased  . 

0 

5 

6 

For  a  litle  wooden  cooller  . 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  table   bed  with  canves 

Bottem  to  the  Landry  . 

1 

5 

0 

For  2  large  glas  sconces  from 

Turin  

3 

10 

0 

For  a  powdering  tub  6s.,  a  meal 

barrill  Is. 

0 

7 

0 

For  8  yd  hollon  for  one  sheat  at 

4s.  the  ell 

1 

8 

0 

For  a  powdering  tub 

0 

6 

0 

For  9  yd  a  quarter  holland  for  the 

uper  shiet  4s.  6d.  the  ell 

1 

12 

11  6 

A1TT2 

For   the   easie   chair   with  rid 

Damask  cushon 

4 

1 

0 

For  a  Balband  screen 

1 

1 

6 

For  12  knives  weight  26  ounces 

and  3  peny  weight  at  5s.  6d.  . 

7 

3 

9 

For  12  forks  12  spoons  weight  33 

ounc  1  peny  5s.  6d. 

9 

1 

9 

For  the  fashon  of  knif  9s.,  spoons 

and  forks  2s.  6d.,  engraveing  Is. 

10 

4 

0 

For  a  case  to  them  l£  all  made  by 

Platel  .... 

1 

0 

0 

For  ane  fine  blanket  to  my  own 

bed  

0 

14 

0 

1715]         OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  187 


[Furnishings]  [Sterling] 
For  a  Blanket  to  my  Doughters 
bed 

To  Ocheltry  for  working  20  yd. 

Damask  Table  cloathes  . 
For  boyling  27  spinell  yeron 
For  winding  werping  and  dresing 
the  yeren  .... 
For  Blitching  the  Table  cloathes 
For    changing    the    big  salver 
weighting  58  ounces  at  5s.  7d. 
and  Is.  the  ounce  workmanship 
For  puting  a  handel  in  the  Milk 
pot  ..... 
For  puting  the  extinguisher  to 

the  Tee  Ketle  and  mending  it 
For  Damask  Table  cloath  and  12 
servits  .... 
For  a  steling  to  the  iner  seller  7s., 
a  shelf  2s.  6d.        .        .  . 
For  2  sumter  trunks 
For  scouring  35  pr  blankets  at 
Mellerstaine 
/  For  10  walnut  tree  chairs  wt 
mated  seats  l£  8s. 
For  2  stoolls  of  the  mated  chairs  . 
For  a  yellow  Callamanca  easie 
chair  ..... 
For  a  litle  folding  walnuttree  table 
For  10  chairs  stuft  back  and  seat 
beside  the  Damask  at  l£  15s. 
and  4  squar  stools  of  the  same 
at  1£  6s.       .  . 
For  a  settie  stuff  of  the  same  above 
For  a  fram  to  a  fire  screen  . 
For  a  walnut  tree  book  case 
For  a  fram  to  a  marbel  table 
For  4  litle  stufft  stools  these  in  to 
the  bargon 


£ 

s. 

d. 

5 

0 

0 

0 

4 

6 

0 

6 

2 

0 

16 

8 

2 

4 

6 

0 

2 

6 

0 

10 

0 

4 

11 

0 

0 

9 

6 

4 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

14 

0 

0 

2 

3 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

22 

14 

0 

4 

6 

0 

1 

1 

6 

3 

0 

0 

1 

10 

0 

188               THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1715 

[Furnishings]  [Sterling] 

The  Dininroom  great  and  harth  £   s.  d. 

grate  2£  5s.  hearth  4£    .        .  6    5  0 

For  a  fish  Ketle  weight  18  lb.  at  2s.  1  16  0 
For  makeing  8  Damask  window 

Curtins  with  4  seats  two  pieces 

of  hangins  all  furniture  but  the 

Damask  by  John  Sanderson   .  26    0  0 


£559    0  4T% 


Deburst  for  cloathes 
Aprill  1693  To  ane  acount  pay'd  to 


Scots 


Mr. 


Ditto 

37 

14 

0 

May  12 

To  acount  to  Baillie  Pat  John- 
ston quhich  is   all  presiding 

this  day  .... 

213 

6 

0 

For  a  white  Damask  wastcoatt  . 

17 

16 

0 

For  strip  muslin  for  cravat  and 

slives  ..... 

5 

8 

0 

For  2  pair  shoes 

5 

8 

0 

Jun.  30 

To  John  Ross  for  shoes  quhich  is 

all  he  can  crave     .        .  . 

4 

16 

0 

For  shoes  from  Georg  Ross 

13 

4 

0 

For  linint  for  shirts  and  froks  . 

33 

6 

0 

For  a  hat  .... 

7 

16 

0 

Novr. 

To    James    Richy    acount  of 

22d. 

cloaths  got  befor  Sept.  1691 
and  all  acounts  preciding  this 

day      .  . 

174 

0 

0 

To  the  night  goun  Jeany  1  got 

36 

0 

0 

1694 

For  black  crap  for  a  goun  and 

Apr.  20 

coat  at  lib.  5s.  per  ell  . 

24 

0 

0 

Ditto 

For  lace  to  shirt  hands  at  2lb.  per 

ell  

25 

14 

0 

1  Lady  Grisell's  sister  afterwards  married  James,  seventh  Lord  Torphichen. 


1695]  OF  LADY  CxRISELL  BAILLIE  189 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 


k 

s. 

d. 

For  3  ells  galoun  to  a  coat  . 

2 

4 

0 

July  18 

For  buff  to  be  briches 

13 

4 

0 

August  For  boots  13lb  4s.  shoes  2lb.  4s.  . 

15 

Q 
O 

0 

For  2  pair  shoes  from  Andrew 

Baird  ..... 

3 

8 

0 

For  making  the  buff  briches  and 

gloves  ..... 

1 

16 

0 

Novr.  1st  For  ternin  for  a  goun  to  Gris 

2 

4 

0 

Decmr.  For  3  ells  J  Belliden  silk  fring 

lib  16,  making   Grises  goun 

lib.  lb  .... 

2 

12 

0 

Jbor  shoes  21b.  lb,  tor  black  cloatn 

for  goun  at  23sh.  st.  per  ell 

78 

4 

0 

For  shoes  to  Robin  9s.,  froks  to 

him,  pladin  to  him  3lb.  . 

3 

9 

0 

loyo 

For  stays  to  my  Robin  lib.  6s.  . 
Jbor  4  ells  muslm  tor  morning  lor 

1 

6 

0 

the  Quin  .... 

13 

4 

0 

.bor  rubans  lib.  6s.,  black  shoes 

21b.  8s.,  shambo  glovs  2lb.  14s. 

6 

8 

0 

May 

For  a  bongrace  to  my  Robin  12, 

one  to  Gris  12s.,  thread  2s. 

1 

18 

0 

For  a  love  hud  3lb  10s.    For  a 

snuf-napken  2lb.  10 

6 

0 

0 

For  under  stokens 

0 

18 

0 

For  making  Grises  goun  lib.  16, 

shirts  and  wascoats  to  her  and 

Robin  ..... 

9 

3 

0 

For  worsit  for  strips  lib.  and 

working  2  pair 

1 

18 

0 

For  a  mask  lib.,  cuting  shoes  8s., 

dying  and  washing  3lb.  12s.  . 

5 

0 

0 

For  a  campain  wig  from  Manson 

5  dollars  .... 

14 

10 

0 

July 

For  a  pair  cotten  stokins  . 

4 

0 

0 

20 

For  2  pair  shoes  4lb.  16s.  to  the 

man  3s.  6d.  .... 

5 

19 

6 

190 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 


Sept. 


Novr. 
1st 


Decmr. 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  furnitur  to  a  peticoat  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  pladin  to  my  Robin  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  a  pair  silk  slipers  with  silk 

and  waltin  furnisht 

1 

4 

0 

For  lace  to  the  bairnes  and 

13 

10 

0 

For  holland  from  Holland 

29 

0 

0 

For  plying  to  a  goun  lib.  16  for 

flanen  2lb.  12 

4 

8 

0 

For  dressing  the  rid  ridin  coat 

41b.  8  

4 

8 

0 

To  shoes  to  Gris  12s.  for  flanell 

2,  12s. 

3 

4 

0 

To  Grahme  for  a  hat 

12 

0 

0 

To  linin  for  Robin  3lb.  4,  stuff  to 

him  lib.  4s.,  blew  base  to  him 

lib  

5 

8 

0 

To  a  frok  to  Gris  2lb.  3s.,  for  lace 

to  her  lib.  10 

3 

13 

0 

For  2  pair  shoes  5lb.  10,  Forone 

pair  2lb.  14  . 

7 

4 

0 

For  pladin  to  Robin  and  stuff  to 

Gris  21b.  6s.  ... 

2 

6 

0 

For  bustin  2tb.  8,  for  flanell  2ib.  2s. 

3  ells  lace  2ib.  14s. 

6 

14 

0 

For  blew  shirts  litting  and  Grises 

goun  litting  .... 

3 

0 

0 

For  linin  17s.    For  making  Grises 

goun  3tb.  stokins  lis. 

4 

8 

0 

To  Mr.  Robert  Blackwood  per 

acount  . 

22 

3 

0 

To  Lapairl  tags  for  crap  . 

1 

0 

0 

S.  914    0  0 


1696]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  191 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 


Deburst  for  cloathes  for  1696. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

January  For  10  ells  Flanen  at  16s.  per  ell 

8 

0 

0 

For  gloves  to  Grisie  9s.  6d.  en  ell 

flanen  .  . 

1 

13 

0 

For  linin  for  litle  cloathes  . 

1 

16 

0 

For  2  pair  understokens 

2 

14 

0 

For  stokens  to  Gris  . 

0 

14 

0 

To  mor  linin  for  litle  cloathes 

1 

6 

0 

Febr.  10  To  muslin  for  3  napkens  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  pair  understokins 

1 

5 

0 

For  shoes  to  Grisi:  10s.  F. 

0 

10 

0 

Ditto  28  For  my  childs  dead  linen 1 

17 

8 

0 

For  pladin  to  Rachy  11.  3s.  linin 

for  her  froks  and  for  shirts 

10 

3 

0 

For  camrick  to  slives 

3 

14 

0 

For  linin  to  be  shirts 

15 

0 

0 

For  a  muslin  cravat  . 

14 

16 

0 

For  shoes  21.  18s. 

2 

18 

0 

For  a  long  wig  from  Manson 

28 

0 

0 

For  a  blew  cock  to  a  hat,  For 

shoes  to  Grisie  and  a  bongrace 

2 

12 

0 

For  2  ells  muslin  for  a  cravat 

6 

0 

0 

For  2  ells  muslin  for  a  cravat 

4 

16 

0 

Aprill    For  a  blew  cock  to  a  hat,  for  a 

ruban  to  a  staf 

1 

11 

0 

For  butons  to  shirts,  for  ane  apron 

1 

12 

0 

For  6  ounces  worsit  for  stokens  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  under  stokens 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  snuf  napken  . 

2 

8 

0 

For  a  pair  shoes  to  my  self  . 

1 

14 

0 

May      For  whit  bustin  for  a  coat  at  21. 

per  ell  . 

10 

0 

0 

For  a  whit  fring  to  it 

3 

6 

0 

1  4  My  Robin'  died  28  February  1696,  and  was  'buried  by  his  grandfather 
Robert  Baillie  in  the  Grafreers  Churchyard  3  quarters  from  Mortons  stone.' — 
From  a  note  by  Lady  Grisell  in  a  book  of  MS.  songs. 


192  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1696 


Jun. 


Agst. 


Novr. 


[Clothing] 

[Scots] 

For  whit  flard  bustin  at  21.  4s.  the 

£ 

s. 

d. 

ell  

11 

0 

0 

For  9  ells  black  silk  stuf  for  a  coat 

at  41.  16s.  the  ell  . 

43 

4 

0 

For  making  Grisie  a  goun  . 

4 

2 

0 

For  a  black  fring  to  my  coat  at  3s. 

st.  the  ounce 

27 

0 

0 

For  a  black  gos  hood 

1 

12 

6 

For  bustin  to  Jeriswoods  wast- 

coats  and  furnitur  to  them 

6 

0 

0 

For  2  napkins — snuf  ons  . 

2 

3 

0 

:  For  a  wige  from  Manson  Campain 

15 

0 

0 

For  dying  a  coat  black 

2 

0 

0 

For  muslin  for  cravats  5f  ells  at 

31.  3s  

26 

14 

0 

For  shoes  to  my  self 

3 

8 

0 

For  shirts  to  Rachy  21.  12s.  6d., 

shirts  to  Gris  21.  15s. 

5 

7 

6 

For  stokins  to  Rachy  18s.,  Linin 

for  drauers  41.  10s. 

5 

8 

0 

For  2  caps  fo  my  sisters 

15 

12 

0 

For  2  ells  bustin  for  a  wast  coat  . 

1 

12 

0 

For  dresing  a  cap  to  Gris  31. 

Shoes  to  her  11.  6s. 

4 

6 

0 

For  washing  9  pairs  gloves  11.  16s. 

Understokens  11.  4s. 

3 

0 

0 

For  dresing  boots  18s.  for  butons 

to  wastcoats  6  duson 

1 

14 

0 

For  2  shoes  to  Gris  11.  8s.  For 

pladin  and  making  cloath  to  Ra 

3 

6 

0 

For  making  Grisis  sadculerd  goun 

and  a  rufflin  to  it  . 

7 

1 

0 

For  shoes  to  Gris  17s.  tape  for 

cloathes  10s.  6d.  . 

1 

7 

6 

For  a  strip  flanell  coat  at  11.  12s. 

4 

0 

0 

For  a  sute  of  cloathes  from  John 

Hoburn  of  cloath  . 

81 

2 

0 

For  an  alamod  skerf 

20 

10 

00 

1698] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  193 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

For  stript  stuf  to  Grisie     .        .  6    0  0 

Janr.     For  shoes  and  slipers  to  J  .        .  7    4  0 
For  making  a  velvit  cap  12s.  to 

cambrick  and  muslin  to  cravats  .  9  12  0 

To  Roses  wife  an  account  for  shoes  8    2  0' 


S.  476  00  00 


Janr.  10 
1698 


Ditto 
11th 


To  the  expence  of  cloathes;  1698. 

Scots 

To  a  sute  of  black  cloathes  taken 

of  in  Janr.  1697  . 

54 

0 

0 

For  a  sute  of  black  cloothes  from 

Mr.  Blackwood,  Mar.  1696 

73 

15 

0 

For  lace  to  shirt  hands 

26 

15 

0 

For  4>l  ells  stript  flanill  at  lli.  16s. 

for  2  wastcoats 

7 

13 

0 

For  muslin  I  bought  at  Preston 

pans  ..... 

85 

05 

0 

For  gloves  to  Grisy  . 

0 

15 

0 

For  muslin  to  my  self 

9 

14 

0 

For  a  mask  .... 

0 

18 

0 

For  10  ells  blew  camlit  to  a  riding 

coat  ..... 

17 

00 

00 

For  sowing  of  things  when  I  went 

to  England  .... 

6 

00 

0 

For  bustin  to  a  wastcoat 

2 

15 

0 

For  lining  to  Rachys  shirts  and 

drawers  to  Grisy  14  ells 

7 

04 

0 

For  lining  bought  from  Ms. 

Abercrummy 

9 

5 

0 

For  lace  to  the  bairens 

5 

07 

0 

For  gloves  to  Grisy  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  rabitt  skins  to  lin  briches 

with  ..... 

0 

8 

0 

For  making  Grisies  goun  . 

3 

12 

0 

N 


194 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1698 


[Clothing] 

For  shoes  to  Grisy  . 

For  gloves  to  Gris 

For  a  bongrace  to  her 

For  wirsit  to  be  stokens  to  her 

For  eggin 


[Scots] 
£   s.  d. 

0  16 

1  10 
0  12 
0  15 
0  13 


S.  313  16  6 


Edenburgh,  January  1702.    Cloathes.    Debet  to 


Cash. 

Scots 

For  2  pair  gloves  to  the  bairens  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  3  ells  lace  at  18s.  the  ell 

2 

12 

0 

For  4  yeards  white  rubans  to  the 

bairens  .... 

3 

16 

0 

For  lace  to  shirt  hands  at  £3  the 

ell  

7 

10 

0 

For  shoes  to  Grisie  . 

1 

2 

0 

For  boots  bought  from  Bruther- 

steans  ..... 

11 

12 

0 

For  drinkmony 

0 

7 

0 

For  2  pair  gloves 

1 

4 

0 

Febr.  27  For  3  pairt  of  shoes  from  Bruther- 


steans  in  pairt  of  payment  at 

4s.  6d.  the  pair 

6 

10 

0 

To  Cowin  Taylor  to  a  pairt  of  his 

accumpt  .... 

6 

10 

0 

For  working  stokins  to  Jer.  18s. 

for  on  stokin  10 

1 

9 

0 

For  spining  wirsit  for  stokins  and 

|  fb.  bought .... 

1 

16 

0 

For  black  gloves 

1 

0 

0 

For  2  pair  of  gloves  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  20  ells  Maskarad  for  gown 

and  peticoat 

30 

0 

0 

1702] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


195 


May 


[LlotnmgJ 

[Scots] 

s. 

a. 

ror  strip  fianen  coats  to  the 

bairens  .... 

A 

4 

A 

u 

A 

u 

jr  or  serg  to  line  a  wastcoat 

1 

A 

u 

J?  UI   td  Ul  UUI  Ucl  a  Lllc  Udllcllb  . 

0 

15 

0 

For  linin  to  the  bairens 

L 

K 
O 

A 

u 

jj  ui  d  jjdii  uidcjv  yiuvcb      •  . 

A 

15 

A 
U 

±0  canco  ine  oairenses  gowns  is 

made  of 

1  K 
ID 

A 

u 

§4  /~vt*  0  T»ri  reo  Ti»Atv»   shirk   Q  miiri^TO 

X  UI  d  Wlgc  11UII1  olllll  O  gUlllVa  • 

A 

u 

r  1  Jr\  ir\r\  t  r\T*  r>ntin«  nr\  4- V» 0  uri  fro  onri 

j_u  v^up  iui  putmg  up  tile  WlgC  dllLl 

finnmrp  1  ~f-  tz-vt*  tv» o 

IUIU.111^   1L  IUI   lilt  ... 

1 

9 

0 

For  wires  2s.    For  making  up 

ane  old  goun  18 

1 

A 

u 

A 

u 

jd  ui  10  ciis  iduc  iium  jcdii  ^iicdbiy 

o 

JL'± 

A 
U 

J?  UI  d  Udll  UI  L/IUdLII  ollUCo  llldJvlllg 

± 

ID 

A 
U 

j?  ui  nidKciiig  up  my  uiu  guun  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  a  side  of  a  night  goun  of  strip 

adLlIl  ..... 

n 
u 

A 
U 

JD  UI    d  Idll  .... 

0 

lo 

0 

For  working  a  pair  of  stokins  to  J 

1 

1U 

A 
U 

J;  UI  pidUlIlg  LU  pice  d  piynig  UI  d 

goun  ... 

a 
U 

ID 

A 
U 

i?  or  1 1  ens  oi  lace  ior  tne  oairens 

11 

A 

A 

For  making  Grisies  and  covering 

Rachys  gouns 

5 

0 

0 

For  shoes  to  Grisie  £l,  more  £l  4 

2 

4 

0 

For  24  ells  stuf  working  at  5  per 

ell,  etc.  .... 

7 

4 

0 

For  a  cravat  from  Ramsay 

7 

4 

0 

For  2J  ell  strip  bustin  for  a  wast- 

coat ..... 

2 

14 

0 

For  gloves  £2  10s.,  for  shoes  £2, 

muslin  £4  18s. 

9 

8 

0 

For  muslin  to  cravats 

16 

4 

0 

For  2  pair  under  stokins  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  50  ells  linin  for  shifts  . 

50 

0 

0 

For  holland  for  shirts 

42 

0 

0 

196 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1702 


[Clothing] 


[Scots] 


29 


To  Francy  Newton  for  muslin  paid 

£ 

s. 

d. 

accounts     for     cravats  and 

childrin  and  my  own  morning 

41 

0 

0 

For   silk   handcurchefs   to  the 

childrin  .... 

7 

4 

0 

For  2  pair  black  stokins  . 

XT 

8 

14 

0 

For  hatband  and  black  gloves 

5 

16 

0 

For  calico  to  the  childrin  . 

15 

0 

0 

For  snuf  handcurchefs  6  . 

20 

0 

0 

For  a  black  fan  £l  12s.  3  masks 

£4  

5 

12 

0 

For  necklace  and  eyrrings  £l  8s. 

white  silk  gloves  £3  12  . 

5 

0 

0 

For  a  black  silk  belt  18s.  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  tape  threed  shoestrings  etc. 

per  F.  N  

11 

10 

0 

For  shoes  to  myself  £l  16,  shoes 

to  Gris,  £2  . 

3 

16 

0 

For  cleaning  and  dying  the  camlit 

goun,  bairens  gouns,  etc. 

4 

4 

0 

For  a  black  sword  £7  4s.  for  3 

quarter  shed  muslin  3sh.  sterling 

9 

0 

0 

For  working  stokings  £l  10s. 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  hatt  £5  16s.,  strings  6s., 

butons  for  shirts  £l,  Le'pairls 

14s.  6d  

7 

16 

6 

For  threed  £l  16s.,  for  sowing  by 

my  Ant  Couls  1  maid  18s. 

2 

14 

0 

To  a  tavlor  atMellersteans£l  18s., 

a  pair  gloves  16s.  . 

2 

14 

0 

For  shoes  to  myself  £l  16s.,  shoes 

Grisie  and  Rfachel]  £l  16s. 

3 

12 

0 

For  stokins  to  John  Hume 

0 

18 

0 

For  6  ells  eggine 

1 

10 

0 

For  lining  to  a  satin  night 

wastecoat      .        .  . 

1 

1 

0 

1  A  sister  of  George  Baillie's  mother  married  Sir  Alexander  Mackenzie  of 
Coul. 


1702] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


197 


Novr. 
20 


d.  23 


Novr.  30 


Decmr. 


30 


[Scots] 

s. 

a. 

For  muslm  to  the  bairens  . 

7 

4 

rv 
U 

For  20  ells  linin  for  ther  shifts 

12 

0 

0 

For  ther  second  mourning  gouns 

last  year  .... 

25 

r* 

O 

0 

For  11  ells  black  crap  to  line  a 

goun  ..... 

10 

0 

u 

For  a  black  crap  hood 

5 

8 

0 

To  John  Haburn  for  hats  and 

gloves  old  account 

27 

8 

0 

For   twill   and   burds   eye  for 

UlaWcIo  .... 

K 
O 

U 

A 

u 

J?  UI    UldCK.  ollJv  tUIU  1D1   d  lltCK-iclCC 

n 
u 

i  n 

A 

u 

TT/"\"P  /T  nail"  ch/~k Lri t» c   \~r\  \~r\c±  naiT'Pnc 
J?  (J I    'db    Udll    oLUlvlilb    LU   Hit  UdllCllt) 

from  Ms.  Abercrumie 

4 

0 

0 

For  9  ells  blew  grounded  callico  at 

lo 

j 

4 

0 

For  strong  shoes  to  Mersser 

O 

o 

14 

/A 

0 

To  Radii's  calico  nightgoun  from 

lVlb.  xiugg  .... 

15 

1 

o 

For  spining  wirsit  at  18s.  per  lb 

U 

lo 

U 

r  rom  strong  snoes  irom  ivierser 

[sic]  ..... 

o 
O 

14 

0 

For  2  spinell  wirsit  for  stuff 

2 

10 

0 

For  a  belt  to  Grisie  . 

0 

18 

0 

For  pins  6s.,  to  a  taylor  8s.,  gloves 

os.  ..... 

0 

19 

0 

For  a  muff  to  Rachy 

0 

18 

0 

For  a  sute  black  cloth  2f  ells  at 

atlo  1US.  .... 

37 

2 

6 

171           i-i        1111         II''         0           c\  J 

lor  11  ells  black  1mm  for  2  sutes 

£1  2s.  .... 

11 

16 

6 

For  5  J  ells  black  shagrin  at  £3  6s. 

18 

9 

0 

For  6  ells  lace  .... 

6 

0 

0 

For  shoes  at  Kelso  to  the  bairens 

5 

2 

0 

For  a  white  satin  paticoat  from 

Lisie  Rainalds 

24 

0 

0 

S.  729    2  0 


198 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1707 


Edinburgh,  January  1st  1707.    Cloathes.  Deb. 

to  Cash.  [Scots] 


April 


For  a  pair  boots  from  Mersser 

12 

0 

0 

To  Merssers  man      .             *  . 

0 

7 

0 

To  Merstone  2  pair  Campagn 

shoes    .        .  . 

7 

8 

0 

To  him  for  a  pair  marican,  ap: 

calf  lather  .... 

5 

8 

0 

For  my  Poplin  goun  and  coat 

97 

0 

0 

For  helping  my  Tipper  £l  16s., 

safer  for  the  juell  £l  10 

3 

6 

0 

For  stript  muslin  for  heads  £5, 

more  £4  5s.,  more  £2  12s.,  £2 

5s  

14 

2 

0 

For  shoes  to  Rachy  lac'd  £2  8s., 

serg  tair  border  16s. 

3 

4 

0 

For  strips  to  J. 

1 

4 

0 

For  serge  for  lining 

4 

4 

0 

For  a  duson  kids  to  my  self  at 

Pearth  12sh.,  6  pair  to  Rach: 

6s.  6d  

11 

2 

0 

To  drink  mony  to  a  taylor  14s.  6d. 

3 

12 

6 

For  last  somers  drogat  dying  and 

stokins  .... 

7 

0 

0 

For  9  ells  drogat  dy'd  over  again 

1 

16 

0 

For  a  pair  stokins  dying 

1 

5 

0 

For  shoes  to  Rachy  £l  Is.,  2  black 

neckleses  8s.  ... 

1 

10 

0 

For  eggin  £2  13s.,  washing  3  pair 

gloves  10s.,  6s.  6d.,  6s.  6d. 

3 

16 

0 

For  black  ruban  to  slives  £l  6s.,  3s. 

1 

9 

0 

For  stokins  £l  8s.,  silk  7s.,  threed 

8s.  6d.,  Is.  6d. 

1 

17 

0 

For  a  taylor  in  the  house  £l  8s.  . 

1 

8 

0 

For  patches  6s.,  blew  serg  for 

Grisies  coat  helping  £l  Is. 

1 

7 

0 

For  mending  the  bairens  dust- 

gouns  ..... 

1 

12 

0 

1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  199 


[Scots], 

X? 
X 

s. 

j 
a. 

j?  or  gioves  x^s  4fcs.,  x^  os.  oa. 

4 

1  o 
\L 

t> 

r  or  0  ens  DiacK  suk  ior  aprons  at 

os.  per  en  .... 

lO 

1  9 

Hot*   TTTrifmo.   "ho   fhp    nnrnpr*;  pmrl 

A.  vJl     1  UUailo     L\J     LI1C     DUI  U.C1S  CXIILI 

strings  01  tne  aprons 

1 

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ll> 

j?  or  cotton  tnreea  os.  iua.,  snoes 

OS.  OQ.  ..... 

u 

7 

/I 

4- 

wA  /"*vt»     o  v%  a     a  1  1     t*\  1  n  1  Y~l      yv»  noli  y"\      -i-  O     /-J  f  1 

j?  or  ane  en  piain  musnn  io  os., 

tnreea  d  oq.  .... 

Q 

o 

11 

Q 

o- 

u  ap  limn  4" /~v  KQrtn\)'c  no  lie*  1   r^/~i  1  1  o  t*o  1 

jo ox  iixiiii  to  xvacxxyb  cans  L.rcoiidxsj 

lis.,  for  11  ell  Knin  for  6  shifts 

l/U  11C1    •            .            .            .  . 

O 

11 

A, 

j?  or  musnn  to  ^rrisie  X4  10  gas 

nanacurcneis  xo  14*  ior 

Q 
O 

JLli 

O 
yj 

Q 
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O 

A 

jlo  Urnseii  ivODison  ior  sowing 

Q 
O 

J  J 

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j?  or  a  Dig  staina  satin  nigntgoun 
j; or  loj  en  egin  at  lis.  oq.  per  en 

U 

U 

xiu  ius.  more  xz  4*s.  oa.  . 

1  9 

1  -1 

Q 
O' 

17 at*   10  pile.   ca"Hn    to   linp  Ot*iqip<; 

X  Ul     X \J     Clio     oClUll     LVJ     1111C  VJllolto 

tduy  gotxxx  .... 

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u 

1/ 

Ttot*  Nr»Oif"c  TYinclin  tot*  n  1  <r  n t"  fMOjrt'npe. 

JL  U±  kJtUlo  lllU-Ollll  \.\JL  lliyilL  I^HJclLllCo 

Bf 
O 

o 

A 

j?  ox  a  xxatt  x^b  .  ^ts.,  sxxoes  x^s  xoa 

stoKins  xi  .... 

Q 
O 

_ 

A 

j?  or  gioves  to  tne  oairens  ana 

myseii  last  year     .        .  • 

lo 

1- 

A 

hot  stnpt  musnn  xio  i4<s.  oa., 

eggm  xio  ius. 

5s  7 

4 

A 

j?or  tnreea  ius.,  os.  oa.,  os.,  ^s., 

14s.,  tape  6s.  stentin  4s.  4d., 

threed  8s.  4s. 

2 

17 

2 

For  8|  ell  camlit  for  sourtoot 

4d.,  butons  to  it  £3  6  per  el. 

£3  4  

21 

1 

0 

For  sarge  to  line  the  coat 

9 

0 

a 

For  stokins  £l  4s.,  a  handcurcher 

black  and  white  £19. 

2 

13 

a 

.200 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 


For  fine  musline  a  sute  £7  17s.  6, 

£ 

s. 

d. 

2  J  strip  camrik  £4  10 

12 

7 

6 

For  lj  muslin  for  Rachy 

4 

7 

0 

For  shoes  to  Grisie  and  Rachy 

made  by  John  Blyth 

8 

18 

0 

For  1  ell[?]  musline  to  Rachy 

£3  6s.  .... 

3 

6 

0 

For  threed  £2   10s.,  laces  15s., 

tape  2s.  4d.,  knitins  10s. 

2 

17 

4 

For  3  ell  linin  for  calls  £3,  3  ell 

Scots  cambrick  plain 

2 

8 

0 

For  14  ells  stript  Scots  cambrick, 

different  prices 

20 

10 

0 

For  shoes  5s.  6d.,  nidles  4s.  6d., 

a  comb  lis.,  shoes  6s. 

1 

7 

0 

For  a  belt  to  Grisi  18s.,  knitons 

5s.,  nidles  3s.  \  100 

1 

6 

0 

For  threed  and  silk  15s.,  p.  tape 

7s.,  ruban  6s.,  pins  7s.  2s. 

1 

17 

0 

For  a  scor  linin  for  drawers 

10 

16 

0 

For  a  pair  slipers  £l  6s.,  half  ell 

moskarad  lis.,  threed  6 

1 

17 

6 

For  6  ells  silk  waltins 

0 

18 

0 

For  25  ells  cloath  for  shirts  to  my 

self  and  the  bairenses  shirts  at 

£1  2s.  6,  26  ells  at  £l  6d.,  21  ell 

at  10s.  per  ell  for  drawers 

55 

0 

0 

For  2  ell  plain  cambrick  . 

3 

18 

10 

For  ane  ell  stript  cambrick  and 

ane  ell  musline 

3 

5 

0 

For  a  black  lace  9s.,  a  pair  wirsite 

under  stokens 

1 

10 

0 

To  Will  Cowin  taylore 

40 

0 

0 

For  a  pair  threed  stokens  13s.  6d. 

riding  stokens  14s. 

1 

7 

0 

For  18  ells  Holland  £2  19  per  ell 

for  shirts  .... 

53 

2 

0 

For  2  ells  cambrick  . 

3 

8 

0 

1707] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  201 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

For  4  ells  lace  at  3sh.  per  ell  .  7  4  0 
For  24  shirts  sowing  at  3s.  per 

pice,  etc.       .        .        .        .       4  12  0 
For  silk  13s.,  tape  pins  £l,  yellow 

ruban  £2  2s.  .        .        .        3  15  0 

For  one  ell  J  kelt  for  gramashes  .  2  5  0 
For  12  ells  unblitcht  linin  at  12s. 

per  ell  .        .        .        .        .       7    4  0 
For  20  ell  drogate  bought  by  Milne       3    0  0 
Octr.     For  21  ell  Holland  from  Francis 

Newton,  shirts      .        .        .      62  16  0 
For  a  lutstring  hood  of  2 1  ell  from 

ditto  8    2  0 

For  calico  to  the  bairenses  2  gouns 

outsid  and  in        .        .        .      18  18  6 
For  a  lutstring  hood  2  J  .        8    2  0 

For  2  ells  Holland  4s.  8  .       5  12  0 

Octor.  3  For  10  ells  musline  and  a  half 
for  sutes  from  Francis  Newton 
since  Martimas  last  at  sundry 
prices  .        .        .        .  34    6  6 

For  a  black  gaz  hood  £2  5,  black 

gloves  2  pair  £2  6s.        .        .       4  11  0 
For   11 J   ell  fin  cambrick  for 
ruffils  at  sundry  prices  from 
Francis  Newton  since  Martimas 

last  52  14  6 

For  rubans  in  ditto  time  F.  N.        27    7  0 
For  2  fans  £2  8s.  2  p.       .        .       2    8  0 
For  patons  £2  8        .        .        .       2    8  0 
For  threed  lupin  pins,  etc.         .      23  16  0 
For  10  ell  stript  musline  at  6s.  6d 
per  ell,  10  ell  plain  muslin  6s 
6d.,  10  ell  stript  at  6s.  got  from 
Francie  Newton  and  taken  to 
London  with  me    .        .        .    114    0  0 
For  4  ell  lace  to  shirts       .        .       7    4  0 


202 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1707 


[Clothing]  [Scots] 

Oct.  3d  For  cloathes  in  full  of  all  accounts  £   s.  d. 

to  Will  Cowin       ..        .  50    0  0 
For  a  sute  black  cloathes  from 

Sr.  Ro:  Blackwood        .  72    0  0 


S.  1171    8  10 


Mellerstaines,  January  1710.    Cloathes.  Deb. 

to  Cash.  Stg. 
For  cloathes  to  Grisie  and  Rachell 


in  Edinburgh  when  they  were  in 


morning  .... 

12 

14 

0 

For  cloathes  to  my  self  in  Edin- 

burgh .... 

0 

15 

0 

For  gloves  to  Jerriswood  . 

0 

17 

0 

For  patches  pins  etc. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  stone  gray  cloath  petticoat 

1 

10 

0 

For  some  small  things  at  Kelso  for 

my  mornins 

0 

5 

& 

For  black  cloath  to  help  my  goun 

1 

05 

0 

For  black  shoes  2  pair 

0 

6 

0 

For  plain  musline 

1 

1 

8 

For  love  hood  10s.,  black  gloves 

4s.  6d  

0 

14 

6 

For  black  silk  gloves  6s.,  vellam  Is., 

serge  2s.  ... 

0 

9 

0 

For  stokins  2s.  6d.,  plain  shoes  3s. 

4d.  . 

0 

5 

10 

For  Grisie  and  Rachy  musline  . 

2 

0 

0 

For  cloath  to  help  Grisies  goun  . 

1 

5 

0 

For  shoes  to  Rachie  6s.,  stokins 

2s.  6d  

0 

8 

6 

For  a  neckles  lOd.  . 

0 

0 

10 

For  a  gas  napken  5s.,  lining  silk  to 

help  a  goun 

0 

7 

9 

OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


203 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 


Q 

X, 

s. 

a. 

24  14    1  For  silk  gloves  to  Rachell  . 

0 

O 

r\ 
0 

i/    u  i;  or  ruDan  dq.  an  ine  aoovesaiu. 

J.UI  IllOlIllIlgcj    cXCcU    1UI  glOVCh 

iiO    /ll         1  i  S. 

u 

A 

u 

i;  or  o  ens  nonanu  ior  Lrnsies  goun 

at  OS.  DQ.  .... 

Q 

a 

12 

0 

iviarcn  i    .r  or  pins  tnreea,  etc.         .  . 

a 
U 

2 

6 

For  4  yard  plain  musline  at  5s.  6d. 

per  yard  .... 

1 

2 

0 

Ap.  4th  For  5  ell  prying  to  Rachys  night 

goun  ..... 

A 
U 

3 

0 

For  5|  ell  plying  to  my  callico 

goun  ..... 

A 

u 

3  10J 

For  lining  to  help  nightcloathes 

0 

0 

8| 

For  bustine  for  pokets 

0 

2 

6 

For  6^  ell  cambrick  for  night- 

cloathes .... 

1 

18 

9 

For  2  pair  gloves  to  Rachy 

0 

2 

0 

May  ol   lo  William  UicKSon  taylor  tor  15 

days  ..... 

0 

5 

0 

r  or  a  suk  lace  .... 

A 
U 

1 

0 

For  40  ells  linin  for  shifts  and 

aprons   at   2s.   the   ell  from 

James  Ainsly 

2 

0 

0 

For  17  ells  linin  for  drawers  at  lsh. 

4d.  from  James  Ainsly 

1 

2 

8 

August  For  40  ells  linin  for  Grisies  shifts 

from  Lithgow 

5 

0 

0 

XT'              *  i 

.bor  pins,  etc.  .... 

0 

2 

0 

Aug.  16  .bor  holland   cambrick  muslme 

and  severall  other  things  at 

Grisies  mariage  as  per  Francis 

Newtons  account 

38 

11 

0 

For  altering  two  gouns  by 

Finlisone  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  20  ells  linins  for  the  bairens's 

shifts  ..... 

1 

13 

4 

204 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Clothing] 

[Sterling] 

For  21  ells  linin  for  my  own  shifts 

£ 

s. 

d. 

at  2sh.  4d.  .... 

2 

9 

0 

For  musline  for  night  cloathes, 

ruffles,  tukers,  etc. 

3 

4 

0 

For  2  snuf  handkerchiefs 

0 

7 

0 

For  a  silk  handkerchief 

0 

3 

0 

For  2  litle  blew  and  white  napkins 

0 

2 

0 

For  gloves  for  Jerriswood 

1 

0 

0 

For  shoes  to  Rachell 

0 

3 

6 

For    a    pair    of    boots  from 

Messer  .... 

1 

0 

0 

For  drinkmony  to  his  man  and 

for  liquering  boots 

0 

01 

0 

For  gloves  to  Rachy  6s.,  washing 

gloves  2s. 

0 

8 

0 

For  gloves  to  Jerriswood  2sh., 

washing  gloves  4sh.  8d.  . 

0 

6 

8 

To  Grisie  Lamb  for  sowing  shirts 

at  3d.  J  per  pice 

0 

2 

8 

For  black  silk  for  ane  apron  at 

6sh  

0 

9 

0 

For  gloves  Is.  6d.,  working  frienge 

to  my  aprone  6d^ 

0 

2 

To  Mr.  Weems  for  my  Tabie  goun 

and  coat  and  lining 

11 

7 

0 

For  sowing  Grisies  holland  coat 

18s.  the  ell  square 

2 

12 

6 

For  a  pice   musline  got  from 

Provist  Broun  1705 

5 

10 

0 

For  gloves  from  Liviston  at  Grisies 

marriage  .... 

4 

10 

0 

For  altering  two  gouns  to  Rachy 

by  Ms.  Duncan 
For  6f  ells  fine  lace  at  26sh.  per 

2 

0 

0 

ell  for  a  head  sute  to  Rachy  from 

Lewis  Pringle 

8 

15 

6 

For  a  taill  border  to  Grisies  sowed 

coat  ..... 

0 

5 

6 

i7io]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  205 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 

For  severall  small  things  such  as  £   s.  d. 

pines,  tape,  threed,  etc.  .        .  0    8  6 

For  a  pice  knitins     .        .        .  0    0  6 

For  Grisies  brids  favorits  .  .  3  10  6 
For  4  ells  ruban  12s.  and  silver 

tasels  10s.  for  her  brids  garters  12  0 
For  ruband  for  the  brids  garland 

thats  brock  over  her  head      .  0    3  0 
For  a  head  sute  fine  laces  to  Grisie 

£10  9s.  9d.,  ruffels  £5  8s.         .   '  15  17  9 
For  lace  to  shift  tuckers  and 

egins,  etc.     .        .        .  15    6  0 
For  Grisies  best  night  cloathes 

and  ruffles    .        .        .        .  3  12  0 

For  a  linin  to  the  sow'd  goun  .  3  16  0 
For  two  pices  of  holland  by  Ms. 

Crafford        .        .        .        .  9    9  0 
For  a  headsute  of  narrow  lace  to 

Grisie  and  ruffles   .        .        .  4  10  0 

For  lace  for  tuckert  and  egin  .  2  10  0 
For  fine  musline  for  Grisies  apron 

and  heads,  etc.      .        .        .  1  14  0 
For    rubans    to    Grisies  night 

cloathes        .        .        .        .  0  12  0 

For  ruffels  to  Rachys  fine  head  .  2  11  0 

Aug:     For  egine  to  a  sute  to  Rachy      .  1  16  3 

For  sowing  linins  at  the  mariage  2  13  8 

For  a  gold  and  white  handkerchieff  0  10  0 

For  Grisies  slipers     .        .        .  0  10  0 

For  2  pair  slipers  and  a  pair  shoes  0  8  6 
For  gloves  at  the  mariage  from 

Ms.  Burn  .  .  .  .  10  0 
To  Ms.  Lyon  manto  makers  ac- 
count .  .  .  .  .  10  0 
For  shoes  to  Jerriswood  .  .  0  5  0 
For  a  hatt  at  the  mariage  .  0  9  0 
For  a  sute  cloathes  trim'd  with 

silver  for  Grisie,  a  sute  trim'd 


206  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 

[Clothing]  [Sterling] 

with  silk  to  Rachy,  a  skerff  to       £    s.  d. 

each,  and  stokins,  shoes,  rubans, 

fans  and  handkerchieffs  and  3 

big  night  gouns  and  stays  for 

Grisies  mariage  .  .  .  112  8  6 
For    small   things    from  Char: 

Ormstons  .  .  .  .  0  7  4 
For  green  satine  to  Grisies 

peticoat  .  .  .  .  2  7  3 
For  gold  galoun  to  the  green 

peticoat        .        .        .        .       16  3 


S.  315    1  9 


London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  my 

Dearests  Cloathes.  Stg. 

For  5  yd  cloath  at  17s.  6d. .        .  4    7  6 

For  5  yd  black  cloath  at  17s.      .  4    5  0 

feb.  28    For  a  hat         .        .        .        .  116 

For  scouring  2  pr  stokens          .  0    2  0 

For  silk  stokens        .        .        .  0  14  0 

For  a  scabert  to  a  sword  .  0  2  6 
For  Black  gloves  16d. 

For  a  Duson  of  gloves       .        .  0  15  0 

For  Musline  for  Cravats  at  7s.     .  3    7  6 
For  makeing  3  suts  cloath  by 
Whisle  at  2  guinys  the  sute  I 
furnishing  linin  and  buttons  to 


coat  and  wastcoat 

6 

9 

0 

For  some  linin  he  bought  for  the 

cloathes  ». 

1 

8 

0 

March  2 

For  a  wige  from  Robert  Boe 

3 

4 

6 

For  16  yd  shagreen  at  3s.  6d. 

2 

16 

0 

For  15  yd  drogat  at  3s.  6d. 

2 

12 

6 

May  28 

For  16  yd  shagreen  for  the  sute 

1717] 


wrong 


Eden- 
burgh 


fil?  T  AFlV  P'RTtJTT'TT        A  TT  T  TTT 

207 

rriothinal 

low 

erling] 

and  6  vd  for  the  Bra  cad  wast- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

coat  ..... 

4 

4 

0 

For  a  yd  more  linin  to  the  wast- 

POJlt 

\s\JCL  L  ..... 

0 

Vy 

3 

6 

For  3  pr  under  stokens  10s.  6d., 

2  nr  strvn*;  fi<; 

o 

16 

6 

For  3i  vd  Gold  Brocrade  for  a 

vv  douvv^uarii  .... 

10 

XV/ 

10 

0 

For  a  wicrp 

JL  VyJ.     Ch     V  V  1 £J  v>  .... 

3 

4 

6 

For  a  pair  silk  stokens 

0 

17 

0 

For  plpanino"  <stnff  f»oat«»  plpanino1 

JL  VJl.     V^±\^<X11111££     ij  t  U  11    V^WCX U  J ^        1 CI.  11111 

hlar»lr  f»loathpQ  1 «; 

*y  1  Ct  v>  XV    V/lVl<XtllL/ij    Xo«  ... 

0 

2 

0 

For  4<  nr  <sViop<;  from  T^ronn 

JL  Ul      l     M       ollUL  o   11  Will   Ul  UU11  . 

1 

X 

4 

0 

For  TnflTl^^ino,  a  <5worH 

JL  Ul    1 1 1    1 1  LI  111        CXi    o  VV  V/l  \_1_                   .  . 

o 

Vy 

1 

0 

For  o*lnvp<;  R<  Sri 

X  Wl    glU  V  to    00<    UVX.  ... 

o 

Vy 

8 

8 

For  3d  3  buttons  at  2s  6d  3d  A 

at  12d  2  wastbands  3d 

o 

11 

10W 

For  a  hatt  l£  Is  fid    2  hair  skins 

3s.,  another  3s. 

1 

7 

6 

For  a  pair  silk  stokins  15s.,  scour- 

ing cloathes  2s.  6d. 

o 

17 

6 

For  a  cotton  satine  goun  2£ 

2 

0 

0 

For   a   glas   weight   for  Lady 

lYT^rfrmt"  TTixmil  i~r»n 

lualclal/  XXdillilLVJii                 •  . 

o 

7 

0 

For  hoi  land  from  Ovocll  Wrav 

JL    KJ±.     llvllUllU.    XI  will     V  y  VVll       T  T  1  CI  \  • 

1 

4 

10 

For  a  powdering  goun 

0 

10 

2 

For  2  wicrs  bono-ht  at  Fdn*  2£  10 

and  l£  5 

3 

15 

o 

For  a  wio*  from  T^nwip  optr  last 

X  KJX    <Xi    VV  lii    11 Vylll  XJKJ  VV  1C   VJlslrX    luOu  . 

3 

3 

0 

T^V»r   fi  Ttv   crlnx/pc:   Tq     firl      51  riair 
x vji    vi    iji    yiuvcs    io.               <x  ijciix 

btOKcllb  lua.  ... 

1 

A 

2 

6 

For  Holland  for  shirts 

2 

8 

0 

For  rubans,  etc.  8s.  . 

0 

8 

0 

For  shoes  l£  10 

1 

10 

0 

For  Black  Cloath  from  Elliot  . 

4 

9 

3 

S.  76  10  9 


208  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  my 


own  Cloathes. 

Stg. 

For  27  yd  White  Indian  quilting 

£ 

s. 

d. 

at  4s.  6d.  and  5s.  6d. 

4 

13 

6 

For  dying  my  green  goun  7s.,  my 

callico  and  lining  scowring 

0 

6 

0 

For  glazing  my  white  lining  Is. 

and  the  green  above  not  drawn 

out  ..... 

0 

8 

0 

For  8  yd  lining  to  the  green  at 

5s.  6d  

2 

4 

0 

For  gloves   washing   Is.,  hood 

washing  Is. 

0 

2 

0 

For  2  ounces  threed  and  tape 

0 

2 

6 

For  If  yd  cambrick  for  a  sute  at 

lis.  pr  yd 

0 

18 

3 

For  a  girdle  Is.,  washing  3  hoods 

18d.,  gloves  2s 

0 

4 

6 

For  5  yd  white  callico  at  28d.  a 

yd       .       .       .       .  . 

0 

11 

8 

For  9  pr  gloves  18s.  9d.,  silk  gloves 

6s.  3d  

1 

5 

0 

For  2||  yd  lann  at  4s.6d.,  10s.  6d., 

sowing  4  shifts  6s.  8d.  . 

0 

17 

2 

For  Dutch  Manto  to  be  body  and 

slives  to  my  black  goun  6s.  3d. 

0 

9 

0 

For  satine  laceing  Is.,  pluf  6d.,  a 

cypres  hood  2s. 

0 

3 

6 

For  some  small  things  3s.,  pins  Is. 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  pair  gloves  2s.  2d.,  2  pair 

stokins  at  7s.  and  5s. 

0 

14 

2 

For  1  \  yd  cloath  for  a  peticoat 

1 

8 

6 

For  14ydeginat5s.  6d.    3  19  9 

For  a  yd  f  \  lan  at  1  2  6 
For  Musline  and  making 

a  handkerchief      .      0  2  6 


1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  209 


Li^iotnmgj 

[Sterling] 

For  a  wire  makeing  and 

£ 

s. 

d. 

starching  ye  head        0    4  6 

5 

9 

3 

r  or  a  iioorisnt  hood  and  Apron  . 

0 

Id 

0 

r  or  a  ya.  ^amoriCK 

0 

10 

0 

For  a  Marsyls  wastcoat 

1 

0 

0 

For  2  pr  Cotten  slives  2s.,  a  pair 

green  shoes  and  lace  6s. 

0 

8 

0 

For   Holland  for  shirts  at  4s. 

oa.  ..... 

1 

17 

0 

For  dying  a  pr  stokins  Is.  . 

rv 
U 

1 

Ir 

rui    cyme   du   jd.    uu..  vditiiLidUb 

ground    and    severall  other 

tnings  irom  ivirs.  JrearKS  tnis  is 

dUUVC  IllCCdl  L. 

TTnr  n  fan  9q           Inn        1  9q   1 ^g 
1?  UI  ct  Idll  ^b.  <JJ5.j  Idll  dU  I  — b.  X*  «Jb. 

6d.,  alamed  hood  8s. 

2 

0 

6 

For  a  pr  green  lacd  shoes  6s.,  plain 

OS.  ..... 

0 

9 

0 

r  or  o  snun  nanciKercnien  at  Zoa. 

pr  piece  .... 

U 

14 

f\ 

U' 

X1  UI  iSCJ^  ytl  VJlCCll  bLiypt  XjULbLIlll^ 

at   luoi  ..... 

1  O 
1Z 

17 

c* 

o- 

X1  UI  O  CUIHUb  yb.,  bWcdL  WdLClb  ^b., 

lace  for  shoes  lid. 

0 

11 

11 

r  or  siiK  gloves  os.  ou.,  more  ior 

gloves  18s,  more  16s. 

rv 
U 

Q 
O 

J?  UI   a   y(l  glccll  lULbLIliiy  1UI  11I1JI1 

diiQ  ane  aprone 

3 

3 

For  making  my  scarlet  peticoat 

^s.,  ^  pr  tnreeQ  sroKins  os. 

U 

Q 
O 

Kr 

IVTtc    T.i"nr1cQ"\r  TYTftTTfT*  TrmlrP'T  in 
-L vJ  lYAlb.  XjlIlLlbdy   iTldlllU  IlldJVCl  111 

full  of  all  accounts 

6 

4 

6 

For  a  piece  satine  14  J  yd  §  broad 

4 

10 

0 

For  a  piece  pertian  of  10  yds 

3 

2 

6 

For  9  yd  green  lut string  3£  3s. 

22  yd  pench  3£  4s.  6d.  . 

6 

7 

6 

For  |  piece  pertian  1  12s.  3d., 

o 


210 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1717 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 


girdles  10s.,  scowring  white  linin 

£ 

s. 

d. 

2s.  6d  

2 

4 

9 

For  2  allamod  hoods  l£,  a  gass 

hood  6s.,  rose  ruban  2s.  6d. 

1 

8 

6 

For  2  pieces  chints  10  a  pice 

scarlet  Damask  5£ 

15 

0 

0 

For  a  yellow  satine  night  goun 

2£  8d.,  a  pr  stays  2£,  opening 

body  10s.  .... 

4 

18 

0 

For  linin  from  old  silk  shop  to 

this  day  .... 

7 

0 

0 

For  Camrick  frome  Cicel  Wray, 

etc.  ..... 

4 

0 

0 

To  Mrs.  Lindsay  manta  maker 

in  full  of  all  accounts  to  this 

dav 

VAC*  J  ..... 

4 

4 

0 

For  some  things  bought  by  May 

Menzies,  Lond: 

1 

4 

0 

For    gloves     from  Livingston 

kids  2,  lambs  14d  . 

4 

12 

0 

For  severall  small  things  at  my 

Rachys  mariage  . 

4 

0 

0 

S. 

116 

9 

11 

London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  my 


Grisies  Cloath. 

Stg. 

For  a  green  and  gold  Attles 

16 

0 

0 

For  8  yd  green  lutstring  for  lining 

it  at  6s.  3d.  ... 

2 

10 

0 

For  11  yd  fring  for  a  head  sute  at 

8d  

0 

9 

4 

For  gloves  washing  Is.,  Is.  6d. 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  white  Apron  6s.  6d. 

0 

6 

6 

For  5  years  green  lutstring  for  a 

skerf  at  6s.  3d. 

1 

11 

6 

1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  211 


[LlotnmgJ 

[Sterling] 

For  making  the  skerf  by  Mrs. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Gray  

0 

7 

0 

For  a  scarlet  apron  7s.  6d. 

0 

7 

6 

lor  27  yd  Black  velvet  tor  goun 

and  coat  at  17s. 

22 

19 

0 

For  8  yd  Black  Italian  Lutstring 

lining  ..... 

2 

10 

0 

For  severall  small  things  8s.,  a 

girdle  Is. 

0 

9 

0 

For  18  yd  white  Persian  for  the 

Caposhins  dress 

1 

13 

0 

lor  6  yd  ruban  3s.  9d.,  pins  Is.  . 

0 

4 

9 

lor  10  yd  trmge  at  8d. 

0 

6 

8 

lor  gloves  18d.  15d. 

0 

3 

9 

For  11  yd  quilting  for  coats  at 

5s.  6d.  ..... 

3 

0 

6 

1  or  dying  the  blew  Damask  goun 

without  a  linin 

0 

7 

0 

For  Green  Ruban  at  9d.,  2s.  3d., 

fan  3s.,  a  hook  6d. 

0 

6 

6 

For  22  yd  green  and  white  stript 

Armozeen  at  13sh. 

14 

6 

0 

1  or  4  snun  handkerchiefs  at  28d. 

0 

9 

4 

For  combs  3s.,  lining  to  a  peticoat 

7s.  .... 

0 

10 

0 

lor  dying  peticoat  1mm  3s.,  5  yd 

JJamity  it) 

0 

13 

0 

1  or  a  pair  buckles  3s.  9d..  a  visard 

6d.  ..... 

0 

4 

3 

For  small  things  4s.  10d.,  a  duson 

gloves  l£  5s.  ... 

1 

9 

10 

lor  thick Muslme  9s.,  a  Hoop  1£ 

1 

9 

0 

For  boning  a  hoop  5s.,  a  pairthreed 

stokins  6s.  6d.,  shoes  16s. 

1 

7 

6 

To  Mrs.  Lindsay  Manta  maker  in 

full  to  this  day 

5 

6 

0 

For  blew  ruban  4s.,  shoes  lis.,  fan 

18d.,  hat  lOd. 

1 

6 

6 

212  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 

[Clothing]  [Sterling] 
For  12  J  yd.  Gindgum  ell  broad  for       £   s.  d. 

a  goun  .        .        .        .        2  10  0 

For  girdles  9s.,  green  lutstring 

9s.  8d.,  a  glas  weight  5s.  .  13  8 
For  half  piece  china  taffito  2£ 

17s.  6d.,  a  girdle  2s.,  wires  Is..  3  0  6 
For  J  piece  pertian  to  Grisies  old 

chinse  l£  12s.  3d.  .  .  .  1  12  3 
For  black  egine  5s.  6d.,  white  egin 

6s.  4d.,  ruban  2s.  6d.  .        0  14  4 

For  shoes  6s.,  lining  hatt  Is.,  white 

Damask  goun  scowring  6  .  0  13  0 
For  ane  alamad  hood  10s.,  small 

things  5s.,  more  2s.  .  .  0  17  0 
For  scouring  wraping  goun  4s.  6d., 

threed  Is.,  laceing  Is.  .       0    6  6 

For  a  dusone  of  gloves  l£  8s.,  shoes 

14s.  6d.,  fans  6s.  6d.  .  .  1  19  0 
For  4  yd  crimson  ruban  3s.  4d.,  a 

piece  chints  5£  .        .       5    3  4 

For  8  yerds  gingem  to  line  the 

gingem  goun  .  .  .  10  0 
For  a  piece  gellow  Damask,  J  a 

piece  Taffita  .  .  .  *  .  7  10  0 
For  covering   breast  wt  white 

tabie  5s.  p  jumps  10  .       0  15  0 

For  dressing  box   l£   12s.  3d., 

lace  from  Mrs.  Dessliger  .  4  18  9 
Aug.  3    For  lutstring  for  gouns  and  linins 

from  old  silk  shop  .        .      11    0  2 

For  camirick  l£  4s.,  gloves  6s.  .  1  10  0 
Aug  5     To  Mrs.  Lindsay  Manta  maker  in 

full  of  all  acctts  .  .  .  3  0  0 
For  Clasps  .  .  .  .  0  3  0 
Sep.  3d  For  sundry  things  bought  by  May 

Minzies  .  .  .  .  2  13  6 
For  sundry  things  to  her  at  her 

sisters  mariage      .        .        .       7  14  0 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


213 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 

For  Gloves  from  Livinston  kids  £   s.  d. 

2s.,  La:  [lambs]  14d.      .        .  4  12  0 

For  2  pieces  Indian  Pertian       .  5  19  0 

For  2  pr  shoes  at  16sh.     .        .  1  12  0 


S.  £151    2  11 


Account  of  money  given  Rachel  Dundas. 


For  shoes  .... 

0 

4 

6 

For  26  yd  white  Cotten  satine  at 

2s.  9d.,  12  yd  white  sesnet  27sh. 

5 

0 

2 

For  6  pair  gloves  I  give  her 

0 

12 

6 

To  Piter  Hambly  for  a  pice  of 

Chints  ..... 

6 

0 

0 

To  her  

1 

12 

0 

For  |  lace  2s.  ... 

0 

2 

0 

To  her  by  Captain  Turnbull,  etc., 

in  Scotland  .... 

3 

5 

0 

For  a  pice  chints 

5 

0 

0 

To  her  

2 

2 

0 

S. 

23 

8 

2 

London,  January  1st,  1717.    Account  of  My 


Rachy's  cloath. 

Stg 

For  a  cherie  handkerchieff  . 

0 

3 

6 

For  washing  gloves  Is.,  Fan  9s.  . 

0 

1 

9 

For  Fans  5s.  6d.  more  7s.  6d. 

2s.,  more  9s. . 

0 

15 

9 

For  a  duson  and  3  pr  gloves 

1 

12 

3 

For  a  scarlet  Apron  7s.  pr  yd  old 

silk  shop  .... 

0 

7 

0 

For  27  yd  velvet  at  17s.  . 

22 

19 

0 

For  8  yd  black  Italian  Lining  for 

it  at  6s.  3d.  ... 

2 

10 

0 

For  10J  yd  fring  for  a  sute  at  8d. 

0 

7 

0 

214  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1717 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  H  yd  thick  Musline  at  5s.  . 

0 

6 

3 

For  3  yd  pink  ruban  2s.  6d.,  a 

girdle  Is. 

0 

3 

9 

For  sundry  small  things 

0 

10 

0 

For  18  yds  white  persian  at  22d. 

pr  yd  for  her  Caposhin  dress  at 

the  Maskarad 

1 

13 

0 

For  12  yd  white  semet  for  the 

Damask  goun 

1 

7 

0 

For  6  yd  rubans  3s.  9d.,  pins  Is.  . 

0 

4 

9 

For  gloves  washing  18d.,  gloves  2s. 

0 

1 

0 

For  ane  Alamod  hood 

0 

9 

0 

For  10  yd  fring 

0 

6 

8 

For  dresing  a  head  by  Mrs.  Tuer 

0 

2 

0 

For  24  yd  Rid  and  silver  stuff  at 

22s.,  8  yd  lining 

30 

6 

0 

For  7  yerds  Indian  quilting  at 

5s.  6d  

1 

18 

6 

For  dying  the  rid  damask  goun 

yellow  wt  out  linin 

0 

7 

0 

For  scouring  the  pillen  linin  and 

peticoat  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  narow  valentians  lace  at  lis. 

lane  12  makeing,  etc. 

5 

7 

0 

For  a  girdle  6s.,  ane  ell  ruban  7s. 

0 

13 

0 

For  cambrick  and  makeing  a  sute 

head  cloathes  and  Ruf  . 

0 

19 

0 

For  Fans  9s.,  a  stra  hat  10s.,  floors 

7s.,  Mask  2s  

1 

8 

0 

For  green  lac'd  shoes  7s.,  for  2 

snuff  handkerchiefs 

0 

4 

8 

For  combs  3s.,  fan  2s.,  hooks  and 

pendons  3s.  6d. 

0 

8 

6 

For  rid  galoun  5s . ,  rid  silk  3d . ,  green 

silk  stokins  lis.  6d. 

0 

16 

9 

For  lace  to  shoes  Is.,  sundry  small 

things  4s.  10 

0 

4 

10 

1717]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  215 


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HlhZ        CX11 VX.                    LXXX  L»XXX££       Ct       %J&*  XCXflX 

25s.  ..... 

1 

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rv 

Trr^T*    0    nncnn    fir    I  J_ I r\  \ o    1  -V    £»o  q 
X1  UI    d    vlllaUIx    yJL    VJlUVCf)    XX  Ob.,  d 

Hood  l£ 

2 

pr 
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1/ 

H    v  Q  TTn   In n  1  a n  z'* r» o L^otti  linin     o  1 1\ 
X  UI  O  J  LI  Xx.xvi.xdl.x  dlCJvCIU.  IHllix  CdlU. 

to  a  Best       poun  at  2  s  7d 

1 

Q 
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For  a  Riding  goun  . 

2 

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fan  18d  3  ffirdles  9s 

0 

i> 

IVf-pc     TiinrlQ;fi\7'  TVTiHTii~nQ  TYiixlrPT* 
XU    ItXIo.    X-ixxxlXody    lYXdlxLLld  IxxdxVtl 

in  full  of  all  apponnt's 

XXX    J.XXLXX    V/l    CXXX    CXv^v^  vy  LXXX                 »  • 

ID 

X  V1!  <*  vXl  v>  Oil  1      ^  1  W^V  XcJw  Xajo.  Ova.,  yiccii 

lntdtfinfT  Q<; 

lUlotllllt;    Ja.    Ovl.  ... 

For  inipoe  china  taffita  2£  1 7  s  fid 

1 

X 

X  X 

a  fflas  weight  5d    curdles  2s 

3 

A. 

l> 

TTot*  Ji   rriT'rllpc   1  9«    firl     Iqpp  1YTt*« 

X KJ1     H    yilvAxCo     x.  —  o.    ULl.j   JdtC  ItXIo. 

Waird  Is  4d    laceinc  9d 

»  T  U11U.     lO*      -1 VA  •  ,     1 1 1 V  V*  1 1 1  y"           V 1  •  . 

o 

1  /t 
14b 

T 

X MJ1  ILlUdll  ao«  UU.;  O    VLlo  IctLC  ItXIo. 

Ward    pfp   2£  7«  fid 

TV  did;     CLt,     —           1  o.     "HI.               .  . 

9 

Li 

1  O 

\J 

TTnr  nTiin rr  q  Vicji"  lc    cr>fi"WPiTi o*  wlii  i~p 
jo  kjSl  liimiy  d  iidL        oi_,u  wi iiiy  wiiilc 

TiQTYIQclr    fPfYMTi  (\ 

-L/dlxxdolV  ^UUll  U         .               .  . 

o 

i 

f\ 
\J 

JJ  LfL   glUVCo    Us.,  MJLUCo  dL  1US.,  dllLl 

OllkJClO              Ob.  ... 

o 

A 

x1  ui  oiiuco  uy  xvciiiuiLio         .  . 

O 

1  _ 

U 

X  Ul     d    ClUdtxl    IldL     LU  IlLllllg 

lldUlLC  .... 

n 

0 

For  a  naturall  blaclc  hair  wicre 

JL    V/l         141        lltluLlltlil         V  111  Vv  IV        1 1 11 1 X           f!  1  V- 

+1*^1  TYi  T?/^<^ 

11UII1  xJUu  .... 

i 

X 

L 

ft. 

For    Sfi    vd    TTnllfind    from  Mr 

X  KJX       *J\J        \  vX       XXv'XXClllv.l       11U111     liXl  . 

T  inrl 

XilllLl  ..... 

x^> 

7 

6 

For  ane  Alamad  hood  10,  a  pair 

stokins  6s.  a  roll  18d. 

0 

17 

fi 

For  lj  yd  Damity  for  pokets  2s. 

6d.,  small  things  5s.,  more  2s.. 

0 

9 

0 

For  robings  to  a  goun  4s.  6d., 

threed  Is. 

0 

5 

For  a  white  satine  quilted  coat  . 

2 

15 

0 

216 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1717 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

For  a  yellow  pertian  quilted  coat 

1 

15 

0 

For  2  dusone  4  pr  gloves  at  2s.  8d. 

pr  D  

3 

7 

4 

For  a  pr  tickine  shoes 

0 

5 

0 

For  2  Callico  Aprons  10  3  jepsies 

13s.  2d.  .... 

1 

3 

2 

For  laceing  18d.,  4  yds  crimson 

ruban  3s.  4d.,  wires  6d.  . 

0 

5 

4 

For  a  piece  chints  5£?  another 

piece  5£  got  befor  . 

10 

0 

0 

For  16  yd  gingem  for  a  goun 

2 

0 

0 

For  a  pr  white  stays  2£,  covering 

a  pr  on  breast  5s.  . 

2 

5 

0 

For  a  pr  jumps  yellow  canves 

sticht  wt  green  10 

0 

10 

0 

For  satine  with  silver  shoes  from 

Green  .... 

0 

15 

0 

For  12  yd  rid  and  white  silk  at 

7s.  for  wraping  goun 

4 

4 

0 

For  8  yd  white  lutstring  for  lining 

the  goun  at  5s.  6d. 

2 

4 

0 

For  20  yd  black  lutstring  at  6s.  3d. 

for  linings  and  aprons  . 

3 

5 

0 

For  4d.  white  sesnet  hoods  12s.  8d. 

more  lutstring  old  silk  shop  all 

1 

9 

2 

For  lining  to  the  old  chints  goun 

l£  12s.  3d  

1 

12 

3 

For  a  sute  laces  at  4£  from  Mrs. 

Devliger  .... 

30 

9 

6 

For  lace  to  Night  cloathes,  Apron, 

shift,  etc.  .... 

16 

,4 

0 

For  5|  Cambrick 

3 

9 

0 

For  Cambrick  night  cloathes  and 

ruffles  ..... 

4 

1 

6 

For  handkerchiefs  2£  10  . 

2 

10 

0 

To  Mrs.  Lindsay  mantua  maker 

in  full  of  all  ... 

4 

9 

0 

;i7i8] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


217 


[Clothing]  [Sterling] 
For  lace  and  cambrick,  etc.,  from 

Mers.  Perks  . 
Eden-   For   9  yd  Dayaper  from  Rob. 
burgh      Manderson  .... 
For  sundry  things   bought  by 

May  Minzies  ... 
Sep.  3d  For  Linins  and  sowing  and  gloves 

and  sundry  other  things  at  Edn, 

at  her  Mariage 
For  Bryds  favours  1  . 
For  the  Brids  Garter  1 
For  the  Garland  that  is  brock  over 

the  Brids  head 1 
For  25  yeards  silver  stuff  for  goun 

and  coat 
For  a  green  Podisoy  hood  and 

Mantle  Trimd  wt  Gold 
For  a  Cotten  Satine  Night  goun 

to  Lord  Binning  . 
For  8  yd  lutstring  for  the  silver 

stuff  goun     .  . 
For  lutstring  to  slives  and  necks 

of  gouns  .... 
For  a  sute  loup'd  laces  from  Mrs. 

Tempest  .... 


£ 

s. 

d. 

11 

o 

o 

0 

12 

0 

4 

18 

5 

36 

10 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

3 

0 

1 

1 

6 

41 

5 

0 

12 

10 

0 

2 

10 

0 

2 

12 

0 

0 

9 

0 

28 

9 

0 

S.  361  12  3 


1718            My  Rachys  childs  cloathes.  Stg. 

Aug.  16  To  Mrs.  Lindsay  in  full     .        .  10  0 

For  scouring  gouns   .        .        .  0  12  0 

For  mending  lace  5s.,  a  hook  Is.  0  6  0 
For  child  Bed  Linins  and  every 

thing  she  wanted  .        .        .  74    4  3 

Novr.  19  For  egine  Mrs.  Tempest     .        .  14  0 


1  See  p.  xlv. 


218 


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[Clothing] 
For  \  piece  jueling  for  childs  day 

[Sterling] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

vests  ..... 

0 

16 

0 

For  cleaning  a  goun  py'd  Whit- 

son  ..... 

0 

4 

0 

For  quilting  a  goun 

1 

10 

0 

For  2  baskets 

0 

6 

0 

For  litle  wastcoats  3s. 

0 

3 

0 

For  egins  for  3  sute  litle  cloathes 

5 

11 

0 

For  4  p.  litle  threed  Mittons 

0 

2 

6 

To  Mrs.  Childs  account  coats  and 

froks  ..... 

4 

11 

6 

For  holland  from  Lind 

4 

19 

0 

For  6  sute  litle  linins  besids  the 

egines  ..... 

4 

15 

0 

To  Mrs.  Perks  for  egins  for  3  suts 

5 

15 

9 

For  a  Bed  table  and  chair  from 

Moor 

For  more  eggine 

1 

10 

0 

For  4  J  yd  Podisoy  for 

a  cloack       .        .      2  13  0 

For  scarlet  sesnet  at 

3s.  6d.  .        .        .      10  0 

3 

13 

0 

For  makeing  the  clock  the  lace 

my  own  .... 

0 

4 

0 

For  loops  to  the  goun 

0 

9 

0 

For  more  eggine 

0 

11 

6 

a  pair  white  shoes  with  silver  . 

0 

16 

0 

113    3  6 


Debursments  in  bussines  1692.  Scots 

Decern-  To  Mr.  William  Chiesly1  per 
ber  27      receipt  for  Drumkairn's  bussi- 


1  William  Chieslie  of  Cockburn,  W.S. 


1694] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


219 


[Business  Charges,  etc.]  [Scots] 
nes   and   extracting   ane  act 
against  the  tenant  in  Easton  .      58  00  00 
ditto  30  To  Mr.  William  Chiesly  for  ex- 
peding  the  gift  of  Ballancriefs 
warde1         .        .        .  58    0  0 

1693        To  Broun  messenger  for  citing  of 

July         Tersonce       .        .        .  11    4  0 

Sept.  30  To  Nicoll  Somervill  agent  for 
William  Melvill,  merchant,  for 
ane  attestation  of  the  best 
assignation  granted  by  Banja- 
min  Wirsely  .        .        .  34  16  0 

Octr.  2  To  Mr.  William  Chiesly  for  in- 

fefting  me  in  Wariston's  Land      21    6  0 
To  a  consultation  in  the  bussines 

of  Landrick  .        .  24    0  0 

Novr.  22  To  Mr.  Chiesly  for  raising  a 
sommonds  for  proveing  the 
tenuer  of  some  writs  relating 
to  Ridhall     .        .        .  20    0  0 

Decmr.  9  To  Mr.  Chiesly  to  consult  Mr. 

Brody  in  Meldrum's  affair      .      11    0  0 
ditto  26  To  Mr.  Chiesly  for  informations  in 

Landrick  affair      .        .        .       8    8  0 
1694     To  Mr.   Chiesly  for  extracting 
Januar  3     decriets      against  Lanrick, 
Meldrum  and  Kemne,  per  re- 
ceipt   56    0  0 

Ditto  8   To  consult  Lenrick  bussiness      .      28  10  0 
24     To  the  decector  of  the  Chancery 
for  passing  of  my  gift  of  genarell 
receaver 2  .        .  46    0  0 


1  A  grant  of  ward  entitled  the  grantee  to  draw  the  rents  of  an  estate  held 
4  ward'  of  the  Crown,  the  owner  of  which  was  dead,  during  the  minority  of  the 
heir,  under  burden  always  of  the  alimony  of  the  heir,  widow's  terce,  etc.  The 
tenure  of  ward  was  abolished  in  1747  in  consequence  of  the  "45.'  In  the 
present  case  the  grant  was  made  for  the  minority  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  heir 
of  his  father  James  Hamilton. 

2  Salary  ^300, 


220 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Business  Charges,  etc.]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

To  the  servants  of  the  abovsaid  .  6  0  0 
To  the  keeper  and  under  keeper 

of  the  great  seall  and  purs  dues   100    0  0 
To  expences  at  the  privie  seall  .      13    4  0 
Febr.  28  To   Mr.     Chieslys     man  Rob 

Young  8  12  0 

May  9     To   him  for   ane  execution  of 
arristment   against  Meldrums 

tenets  14    0  0 

July  To  Mr.  Chieslys  servants  .  .  6  0  0 
August  2  To  Mr.  William  Chiesly  to  acount, 

per  receipt    ....    240    0  0 
23     To  Mr.  Chiesly  per  receipt         .      40    0  0 
To  Mr.  Chiesly  for  a  sommonds 
of  valuation  of  the  tinds  of 
Mellersteans  .        .        .       5  16  0 

For  writting  memorialls  about  the 

poll  2    8  0 

Deem.  To  3  consultations  with  the  Kings 
advocat 1  2  in  Duck  Gordons 
business  and  on  in  the  tinds  of 
Mellersteans  .        .        .    100  16  0 

1695         To   Mr.    Chiesly   for  Meldrums 
Feb1  22      bussines,  per  receipt       .        .    100    0  0 
To    his    men    for  informations 

writing         .        .        .        .        4  16  0 
March  11  To  Sir  Archibald  Moor  2  he  gave 
out  in  the  Duck  of  Gordons 
bussines        .        .        .  43  10  0 

To  the  sheriffe  dark  in  Aberdien 
to  take  infeftment  in  Meldrums 
Land  40lib,  expences  sending 
ther  4lib  4s.  .        .  44    4  0 


1  Sir  James  Stewart,  whose  curious  actings  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution 
earned  him  the  sobriquet  of  '  Wily  Jamie.' 

2  Probably  Sir  Archibald  Muir  of  Thornton,  afterward  Provost  of  the  city  of 
Edinburgh. 


1697]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  221 


[Business  Charges,  etc.] 

August   To  Mr.  Chiesly  per  receipt 
Novr.  1st  To  Adam  Urwin 

To  Mr.  Chiesly  to  get  out  the 

decreat  about  the  hows  . 
To  a  consultation  in  Duck  Gordon 
bussines  .... 
For  executing  a  sommond 
To  Patrick  Christy  at  the  infeft- 
ment  takeing 

Take  out  Mr.  Cheslys  mony. 
lent  first         .  240    0  0 
It.  more  per  recept  40    0  0 
It.  more  per  recept  66  13  4 


346  13  4 

The  sume  of  all  the  rest  is        S.  976  14  0 


Debursments  in  bussiness,  1697.  Scots 

January   To  Sir  Gilbert 1  5  guinys    .        .  0075  00  00 
To  Sir  Gilberts  man  for  writing 
informations  in  the  bussiness  of 
Ridhall         ....  0001  09  00 


1  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot  of  Minto  practised  first  as  a  writer  in  Edinburgh,  acting 
as  agent  for  William  Veitch,  the  convenanting  minister,  and  for  the  Earl  of 
Argyll,  whose  escape  he  secured.  lie  took  a  leading  part  in  arranging  Argyll's 
Rising,  and  was  actually  in  arms  with  him,  but  escaped  abroad.  Having 
obtained  a  pardon,  he  passed  for  the  Bar  in  November  1688  (having  failed  to 
pass  the  examination  in  the  preceding  July),  was  made  a  Baronet  in  1700,  and 
became  a  judge  under  the  title  of  Lord  Minto  in  1705.  He  and  his  wife  were 
evidently  intimate  friends  of  the  Baillies,  as  much  '  drink-money '  is  entered  as 
having  been  left  at  Minto,  and  it  was  to  Lady  Minto  that  Baillie  gave  the  com- 
mission, which  evidently  caused  some  amusement  at  the  time,  and  which  is 
referred  to  by  Mrs.  Calderwood  (twenty  years  after  his  death),  viz.  '  to  get  him 
a  fine  house  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh  with  a  large  garden  behind  it,  that 
he  might  both  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the  street  and  walking  in  his  own 
garden.' — Coltness  Collections. 


[Scots] 
£   s.  d. 
66  13  4 
72    0  0 

9    8  0 

64    2  0 
3    4  0 

2  10  00 


222 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Business  Charges,  etc.]  [Scots] 
Di.  7th   To  the  clerks  and  servants  for  the     £   s.  d. 

dues  of  a  decreet  of  making 

a  r  i  s  t  e  d    goods  forthcoming 

against  the  tenents  of  Meldrum  0012  07  00 
To  the  Signit  for  horning  and 

punding  on  the  decritt  .        .  0001  16  00 
To  Jo:  Russell  for  seeking  out  the 

process  for  proving  the  tener 

of  writs  relating  to  Ridhall     .  0001  09  00 
To  writting  18  informations  for 

proving  the  tenar  of  said  writs  0006  17  00 
Ditt.  18  To  Patt.  Christy  for  doing  bussi- 

ness  Novr.  '96  .        .  0005  16  00 

To   consult   my   brother  Wills 

assignation    ....  0036  00  00 
For  a  messingers  going  for 

Meldrum       ....  0000  14  00 
July  10  To  Mr.  Chiesly  for  expeding  of 

bussiness,  per  recept      .        .  0042  10  00 
To  Mr.  Chiesly  for  a  decritt  of 

valuation    of    the    tinds  of 

Mellersteans  .        .        .  0006  00  00 

Novr.  10  To  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot  for  the  two 

Taylies  of  my  estate  3  guinies    0043  04  00 
To  Sir  Gilberts  man  for  writting 

them   0008  14  00 

To  Androu  Car  the  writers  man  0001  00  00 
To  Mr.  Crafoords  man       .        .  0001  09  0 


S.  244    5  0 


Edenburg,  January  1704.    Publick  Burdins. 

Deb:  to  Cash.  Scots 
Cess. 

The  lands  of  Langshaw  for 
Martinmas  1703  and  Candlemas 
1704    79  19  4 


1704] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  223 


[Business  Charges,  etc.]  [Scots] 
For  going  in  with  cess  by  Androw       £    s.  d. 

Lamb  .        .        .        .        0    7  0 

For  3  termes  cess  by  James  Gray 

for  Jerriswood  .  .  .  32  18  0 
For  4  tarmes  cess  out  of  Meller- 

steans  preceeding   the   1st  of 

September  1704     .        .        .    236  11  6 


S.  349  15  10 


Expenc  at  Law.    Deb:  to  Cash. 


To  Alexander  Pringle  for  writting 

14 

4 

0 

To  bussines  in  Landrick  pay'd 

Rob:   Dick  in  full  for  head 

courts  and  all  preciding  this  day 

12 

13 

6 

For  the  messangers  expenc  at 

Langshaw  in  takeing  infeftment 

7 

0 

0 

For  a  discharge  to  Androw  Bruce 

0 

14 

6 

To  Houstons  brother 

7 

2 

0 

To  Alexander  Cuningham  writter 

for  Rickertons   bussines  and 

others  as  per  his  account  given 

in  ..... 

145 

7 

4 

S. 

197 

01 

4 

Edenburgh,  January  1704.    Sundry  Account. 

Deb:  to  the  Rents  of  Langshaw.  Scots 

For  two  monthes  cess  at  Canilmes 

1704  payd  by  the  tenants  in 

Coumsly  hill  .  .  .  39  19  7 
For  4  tarmes  cess  payd  by  John 

Mudie  in  Threepwood  the  last 

tarme  being  Cats  1704  .  .  5  14  0 
For  cess  at  Whitsunday  1704 

payd  by  John  Moodie    .        .       12  0 


224 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1704 


[Business  Charges,  etc.] 

[Scots] 

For  cess  payd  by  Thomas  Turner 

£ 

s. 

d. 

for  the  tarme  of  Whitsunday 

1704   

29 

18 

6 

To  cess  payd  by  John  Moody 

Febr.  26  "     .  *  . 

1 

8 

0 

To  cess  for  Whitsunday  1705  payd 

by  John  Mudie 

1 

8 

6 

To  cess  payd  by  Cumsly  Hill 

Septr.  1st  1704 

39 

18 

3 

S.  99  08  10 

To  loss  upon  Langshaw  rents 
crop  and  year  1703,  this  was 
of  the  Parks  set  to  Thomas 
Ladlay  so  much  doun  of  the 
rentall  119  13  8 

For  kirk  stent  payd  by  John 

Mudie,  Whit.  1704         .        ^.     1  10  0 

To  James  Hunter  for  reparing  the 

kirk      .        .  .  38  12  8 

August   For  the  foot  mantle  of  Twidale  1        17    7  8 

For  answering  at  the  head  court  $.190 

To  Will :  Nicolson  pay'd  by  John 
Moodie  in  Threepwood  of  few 
duty  for  the  tarmes  of  Whit- 
sunday and  Martimas  1703     S.    14  15  2 

To  Will:  Nicolson  of  few  duty 
payd  by  Tho:  Turner  for  Mose 
howses,  Coumsly  hill  and 
Blainsly  for  the  tarmes  of 
Whitsunday  and  Martimas 
1703     .        .        .        .         S.  141    8  4 


1  A  similar  entry  occurs  in  the  accounts  of  the  previous  year.  It  was  pro- 
bably an  assessment  levied  under  an  Act  passed  in  1661,  whereby  the  commis- 
sioners of  shires  were  relieved  of  the  expense  of  providing  the  costly  foot-mantles 
worn  by  them  at  the  Riding  of  Parliament,  which  for  the  future  were  to  be  paid 
for  by  the  shires,  to  whom  they  were  to  be  restored  at  the  rising  of  Parliament. 
Langshaw  lay  in  the  shire  of  Roxburgh  or  sheriffdom  of  Teviotdale. 


1704]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


225- 


[Business  Charges,  etc.]  [Scots] 
To  Will:  Nicolson  by  Moodie  in       £   s.  d. 
Threepwood  the  few  duty  for 
Whitsunday    and  Martinmas 


1  Tff\  A  C! 

1704      ....  b. 

1  A 

14 

15 

2 

±0  vviuiam  iNicoison  tne  iew  outy, 

iviartimas  1704      .        .  0. 

1  A  1 

141 

0 
0 

4 

To  the  scoolmasters  sallary  for 

Whitsunday  and  Martimas 

1703  payd  by  John  Moodie  in 

Threepwood          .        .  S. 

0 

10 

0^ 

To     scoolmasters     sallary  by 

Moody   for  Whitsunday  and 

l  n 

1U 

u 

To  the  scoolmaster  sallarie  by 

j^aQiay,  out  recept  Drum      .  0. 

1U 

u 

O 

To   scoolmasters   sallary  Whit- 

sunday and  Martimas  1704  S. 

10 

0 

A. 

O' 

For  a  milston  to  the  milne  .  S(. 

21 

0 

0' 

Jc  or  yron  worK  lo  ner  x<±  10s., 

WIiyilL    WUlJV  X±^i)    1  —              .  >J. 

J.  a 

For  lime  and  meason  work  to  the 

milne  howse  £14,  wright  £6  S^. 

20 

0 

0 

For  puting  up  Cumsly  Hill  bire 

£1  18s.  more  £l  18        .  $<. 

3 

16 

0 

For  repairing  Will.  Marssers  bire 

howse  .       .       .  $. 

3 

4 

0 

For  a  workmans  wages  2  days  at 

Thorn:  Turners      .        .  S. 

0 

16 

0 

To  Mr.  Willson  of  Steapond  payd 

by  T.  Ladlay        .        .  S. 

261 

0 

0 

These  artickles  marked    is  caried 
to  the  137  fol.  in  this  book  1705. 


Horsekeeping.1 
To  expencess  in  horss  keeping.  Scots 
Jun.  1693  To  James  Moor  stabler  of  ane  old 

acount  .        .        .        .  87  11  0 


N.B. — Many  entries  relating  to  this  heading  will  be  found  under  '  Sundries.' 

P 


226  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1693 


[Horsekeeping] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  Moffit,  stabler  per  recept 

15 

4 

0 

Sept.  22d  For  shoes  to  horsses  . 

2 

12 

0 

1694     To  James  Moor  stabler 

40 

0 

0 

Oct.      For  girth  4s.  6d.,  mor  6s.  . 

0 

10 

6 

1695     For  caring  out  horss  at  severall  . 

4 

0 

0 

Decemr.  To  James  Moor  stabler  which 

pays  all  precidings 

60 

0 

0 

To  Moffit  stablar  per  recept 

5 

16 

0 

For  shoes  to  horss 

4 

1 

0 

For  hay  to  horses 

lo 

U 

0 

j?  or  a  DiiQie  to  me  guiiQing 

0 

12 

0 

For  sevarell  things  to  the  gueld- 

ings  leg  .... 

4 

14 

6 

This  was  mostly  at  Edn. 

244 

0 

0 

To  expence  of  horses  at  Meller- 

stane  which  is  caried  to  leger 
particularly  by  itself      .        .    500    0  0 


To  expences  in  horskeeping  1696 

January  To   David   Denun,    sadlar,  per 

recept   46    0  0 

March  8   For  a  gelding   ....  266  13  4 

To  Pat.  Hunter  for  horss  .        .  5  10  0 

For  horss  carrig  to  Edinburgh  .  1  12  0 
For  2  horses  to  Polwart  and  shoes 

to  the  gray  hors    .        .        .  9    4  0 

For  bridle  to  the  hors       .        .  0  15  0 

For  girding      .        .        .        .  0    7  0 


1697     For  a  comb,  spung,  brush,  shiers 

August  20    to  the  horss          .        .        .  2    2  6 

To  take  horses  out  of  toun  .       .  10  0 

To  gress  to  the  horss  at  the  Dean  10    4  0 


1708] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  22? 


[Horsekeeping]  [Scots] 

£   s.  d. 

Decmr.   To  Mr.  Moor,  stabler         .  64    0  0 

Janr.  1    To  Mr.  Moor  stabler  in  full  of 
1698         acounts  preciding  this  day      .      24    0  0 
For  things  bought  for  the  horss  at 
Mellerstean  as  yron  and  bind- 
ings, etc.,  go.        .        .        .       4  10 


S.  105    8  10 


Mellerstains,  Janr.  1708.    Horses  expence. 


Deb-  to  Cash 

S-  J     h/  *     %j\J    V  (toll. 

Scots 

ITi-v-p  fPQninn'  of   iJLi v» t±\ Lri "pi?" 

X"  UI   ICdLllIiy   dL  vrlilClK.lI  JV      .  • 

u 

J?  OI  JLccULlliy  dL  vrlilclKlIK.  JJL  D,  dllU. 

io  0                 .          .          .  . 

A 

1  1 

ft 
u 

For  feeding  by  the  road  9s. 

ft 

u 

9 

0 

For  drogs  to  them  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  4  coch  mares  a  night  at 

Greenlaw  .... 

1 

4 

0 

For  cleaks  to  the  grate  cart  traces 

makeing  them 

0 

12 

0 

To  Patrick  Hunter  in  full  for 

stabling  this  year 

39 

0 

0 

For  nets  net  oyls 

2 

10 

0 

For  munting  the  old  chariot 

35 

0 

0 

For  a  crem  and  plate  to  a  sadle 

and  stuffing  .... 

0 

12 

0 

For  mending  a  clogbag  sadle 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  strip  lather  and  strip  yron 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  chean  bitt  and  bosses 

0 

18 

0 

For  a  tie  to  a  side  sadle 

1 

0 

0 

For  paneling  2  cart  sadles  one  14s. 

one  £l  4s. 

1 

18 

0 

For  a  bridle 

0 

14 

0 

For  a  horse  comb  and  a  brush  to 

Tarn  Youll  .... 

1 

6 

0 

228 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1708 


[Horsekeeping] 

1  [Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  2  tathers  to  the  cart  horse  . 

0 

12 

0 

For  a  cart  sadle 

2 

18 

0 

For  2  new  collers  to  the  horse 

1 

6 

0 

For  2  pair  cart  fiets  great  tows 

3 

4 

0 

For  lamp  bleck  for  the  coach 

0 

3 

0 

For  3  bridles  and  bitts  at  20s.  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  a  pair  strips  and  yrons 

1 

2 

0 

For  a  mane  comb 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  bridle  and  curple 

2 

2 

0 

For  11  ells  girding  . 

1 

2' 

0 

For  6  pair  buckles 

0 

12 

0 

For  mending  a  side  sadle  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  sadle  mending 

0 

9 

0 

For  6  ells  girdin  12s.     2  pair 

buckles  4s.  Ch*  Or  . 

0 

16 

0 

For  yron  for  shoes  at  Mellerstains 

this  year  .... 

25 

0 

0 

For  shoeing  horse  by  Pate  Newton 

from  19  Sep.  1707  till  Janr.  1st 

1709  . 

20 

2 

0 

S. 

156 

12 

6 

Mellerfstaine],  Janr.  1709.    Expence  of  Coach 


and  Horses.    Deb:  to  Cash. 

Scots 

For  oyl  to  the  coach 

1 

4 

0 

For  oyl  to  horse  legs 

0 

19 

0 

For  horse  shoes 

0 

14 

0 

For  expence  of  horses  to  George 

Baillie  ..... 

4 

10 

0 

For  3  ell  girthin 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  ps  of  24  ells  girthin  from 

John  Muckle 

1 

4 

0 

To  Patrick  Hunter  in  full  of  all 

accounts 

9 

0 

0 

1710] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  229 


July  30 


ttt          i          •  ~\ 

[Horsekeepmg] 

[Scots] 

To  Barty  Gibsone  tor  2  coach 

o 

s. 

j 

a. 

mares  13  nights  and  helping  the 

coach  . 

21 

0 

0 

For  mending  harnes  .        .  * 

1 

10 

0 

Jbor  glas  to  the  chariot  trom  Mr. 

Burtone 

3 

■  4 

0 

I1  or  more  glases  tor  the  chariot 

3 

17 

0 

For  shoeing  horse  and  mending 

sadles           .        .        .  . 

1 

0 

For  the  white  mares  expence  to 

Cesnock 

3 

0 

0 

l^or  horses  expence  at  Kelso,  etc. 

10 

0 

0 

For  horse  expence  at  Kelso  in  full 

2 

14 

6 

For  1  stone  14.  ounces  yron  for 

shoes  £l  12s.  per  stone  . 

1 

13 

6 

For  22  tb.  yron  at  £l  12  per  stone 

2 

4 

0 

For  3  stone  4  tb.  3  ounces  yrohe 

at.£l  12s.  per  stone 

5 

4 

0 

For  shoeing  horses  by  Pat. 

Newton  £18 

18 

0 

0 

S. 

91 

8 

0 

Expence  of  coch  and  horses  1710. 

Stg. 

For  the  coch  mares  at  Ginelkirk 

with  Tarn  Youll 

0 

2 

0 

For  gat  same  to  the  mares 

0 

0 

5 

For  horse  sezers  [scissors] 

0 

0 

n 

For  lamp  bleck  to  the  harnes 

0 

0 

s 

For  a  pint  of  oyl  to  the  harnes  . 

0 

1 

6 

For  1  ston  1  tb.  yron  for  shoes 

0 

2 

10 

For  lamp  bleck  3d. 

For  mending  the  chariot  wheals 

0 

6 

0 

For  grase  to  the  powny  at  Edin- 

burgh 6d.  per  night 

0 

2 

6 

230  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Horsekeeping] 

[Sterling] 

To  Tarn  of  yron  for  shoes  1  ston 

■J.  £ 

s. 

d. 

7  tb.  is  3s.  lOd.  . 

0 

3 

10 

For  tethers  to  the  horses 

0 

3 

6 

For  lamp  bleck  7d.| 

0 

0 

z 

To  Bartie  Gibson  ane  account  of 

stabling 

1 

0 

0 

To  Pate  Hunter  ane  account  of 

stabling 

J  0 

17 

3 

For  bringing  the  mare  and  foil 

from  Cesnock 

0 

5 

0 

For  1  ston  1  tb.  5  ounces  yron  to 

Tarn  Youll  2s.  9d. 

0 

2 

9 

For  a  pair  safe  braces  to  the  coach 

2 

3 

4 

For  a  pad  .... 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  clogbage  sadle,  and  furnitur 

0 

18 

0 

For  ane  account  of  horse  expence 

pay'd  T.  Y  

0 

11 

0  ; 

For  oyl  to  the  coach 

0 

5 

0 

For  caring  out  horses  2s. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  pair  hulsters  to  the  clogbage 

sadle  ..... 

0 

3 

3 

For  expence  of  horses  on  the  road 

J, 

0 

3 

6 

To  Pat:  Hunter  stabler  in  full  of 

all  preceeding  4  Decmr.       •  . 

0 

18' 

0 

To  sundry  accounts  laid  out  by 

George     Mathy     at  Kelso, 

etc.  ..... 

0 

6 

0 

For  glas  to  the  chariot  by  Barton 

0 

13 

0 

For  horse  at  Ginelkerk  when  we 

went  to  toun  pay'd  Shirrifs 

account  sometime  after 

0 

7 

3 

For  expence  of  horses  at  Kelso  . 

0 

4 

6 

For  shoeing  horse,  by  Pat.  Newton 

from  1  Janr.  1710  till  6  Novr. 

1710  £1  4s.  6d. 

1 

4 

6 

For  noult  feet  oyl 

0 

5 

8 

For  oyl  2d.|,  tar  8d. 

0 

00  10| 

For  yron  got  by  Tarn  Youll 

0 

2 

8 

I7ii]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  231 


[_J.XIJ1  SCiVCC  IJlllgJ 

[Sterling] 

For  2  broad  white  bridles  with  bits 

i? 

s. 

u.. 

1  Aif\   fi  ntiir  primp  n  1 1  c i  nT"iTcn  *?*7 Yi 

XtxII.  d  JJdll  j  CUlllC  <Xl\.KX  KJL  U.OI1  —  1  Lit 

u 

Q 
O 

Fnr  #  fnthnm  Q  thrpprl  tows  1  1 

n 

V/ 

1 
X 

in1 

For  s\  broad  whifp  hiMrllp  1 /tH 

X  Wl    Ct   Ul  UaU    VV  111  L/C    U11U1C    jl     v  i  •  . 

U 

1 

X(J     TVllXldlll    ItXlllCl    gdLllCL    111  UlC 

Abay   compleat   payment  of 

Bartholamew  Gibsons  account 

for  stabline  from  31  Janr.  1710 

till  1  Decmr.  1710 

11 

4 

8 

To   Clark    in    Melrose   for  head 

courts  .... 

0 

2 

4 

S.  23  14  7if 


more 

For  cart  Horse 
going  to  toun 

For  6  bolls  light 
oats  at  5s.  pr 
boll  . 


2    3  1 


10 
10 


0    2    0    4  8 


6    0    1  10  0 


Expence  of  Horses  and  Coach  1711.  Stg. 
Janr.  19  For  3  bolls  oates  from  the 

Tenants  of  the  Mains  to  the 

Horses  at  lis.  8d.  pr  boll       .       1  15  0 
feb.  28    For  Horse  upon  the  road  4s.  Id., 

more  2s.  ....  0 
For  horse  at  Ginelkirk  .  .  0 
For  stabline  at  Pat  Hunters  to 

this  day  ....  0 
For  lintsead  oyl  to  the  Horse  .  0 
For  oates  to  the  Horse 

at  lis.  8d.  from  3 

Sepr.  1710  till  Ap.  12  £ 

1711     .        .  30B  If  17 


6 
3 

10 
0 


20  15  a 


232 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1711 


[Horsekeeping]  [Sterling] 
For    oats    more  £   s.  d. 

to  the  Horse    3  0 
which  is  sett  doun 
above  sum  of  all 
is    .        .        .    42  1 


For  Bear  to  the  Horse  at  15s.  pr 

Boll  .  .  .  .  If  .  0  3  0 
For  Bear  to  the  Horses  1  .       0    3  0 

For  shoeing  Horses  payd  John 

Flint  from  Novr.  18  1710  till 

Aprill  18  1711  .      ...        0    5  6 

May  29  For  19  lb.  7  ounes  yron  from  the 

Marchant  to  Tarn  youll  3s.  3d.  0  3  3 
For  a  chapine  oyl  9d.  .  .  0  0  9 
Sepr.  21  For  2  Colts  gelding  the  ordiner 

price  is  a  shillin  I  gave  .  .  0  4  0 
For  gras  to  Horse  at  Edn  .  .  0  2  6 
To  a  Ferrier  for  the  young  coch 

mare    .        .        .        .  0    2  6 

For  a  bridle  Is.  payd  Trotter 

sadlers  account  at  Kelso  15  .  0  16  0 
For  cutting  down  the  Hay  in 

Jerriswood  Park  *  .  .  3  0  0 
For  cutting   doun  Coltcrooks 

Meadow        .        .  .       0  15  0 

For  horses  at  Edn.  ,  .  .  0  2  6 
For  poling  sisers  5d.    9  fathom 

9  threed  tows  15d.  strip  lethers 

16d.     .        .        ...  030 

For  a  fine  bridle  26d.  another  18d.  0  3  8 
For  14  Bolls  oates  at  10sh*  from 

12  Ap.  till  1st  Sepm.  .  .  7  0  0 
For  1  boll  1  fou  peas  at  15s.  from 

Apl.  12  till  Sepm.  1  .  .  0  18  0 
To  William  Miller  Gardner  in  the 

Abay  full  payment  of  Barthola- 

mew  Gibson  stablers  account 


3.712] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  233 


[Horsekeeping]  [Sterling] 
from  1  July  1711  till  21st  Novr.       £   s.  d. 


1711          8s.  8d.  . 

0 

8 

8 

To  Pate  Hunter  stabler  till  18 

August  1711 

3 

6 

8 

To  Pate  Newton  for  shoeing  6 

horse   from   Mart.    1710  till 

Martemas'1711 1£  10s.,  mending 

the  chariot  2s.  8d.,  rumping  2 

horse  Is.       .  . 

1 

13 

8 

To  James  Hunter  wright  for  the 

chariot  mending  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  yron  to  the  coach  and  Tarr 

8s.  6d.  from  Liedhouse  . 

0 

8 

6 

For  dresing  a  boar  skine  Is°.  lOd. 

more    .  . 

0 

1 

10 

For  20  Rucks  Hay  at  10s.  prc  Ruck 

10 

0 

0 

For  Grass  to  14  horses 

14 

0 

0 

To  timber  to  the  coach  wheels 

l£  14s.  4d.    yron  l£  5s.  4d. 

making  them  l£  8s.  4d.,  shoeing 

them  l£,  collering  5s.  4d.,  Tarr 

Is.       .       ;"      .  t     .  . 

5 

14 

4 

S. 

£73 

10 

11 

Expence  of  Coch  and  Horses  1712.  Stg. 

Coch  etc.    Horses  Corn  and  Stra 

For  oyl  to  the  coch  .  0  4  0 
For  a  comb  and  brush  0  2  3 
For  hemp  sead         .  0  16 

For  oats  to  the  Horses 
from  the  1st  Septmr 

1711  till  the  22  May 

1712  at  lOsh.  pr  bol] 


234 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1712 


[Horsekeeping] 


38 

For  strangers 
horses  .  2 
May  23  For  horses  put 
in  the  stable 
chist  this  day  1 


42  2 

For  light  oats 

to  the  horse 

5s.  4  0 

For   pease  at 

15s.      .         0  2 


This  stra 
was  1711 
crop  and 
spent  last 


For  Peas  Straw  at 
lOd.  .  30st. 

For  oat  stra  at 
8d.  . 

For  bear  strat 
at  6d.  > 


100 


32 


year  but  To  a  boll  Lang- 
was  forgot    shaw  light 
to  be  in-      oats  4s.  2d.  .  4 
cert  "till     For  bear  at  4sh.  8d. 
the  acct  2  fouls 

was  clos'd  For  helping  the  chariot 
by  Hunter  8  days  . 
For  mending  horse 

furniture 
For  100  nails  to  the 

coach  . 
To  the  Ferrier  for  the 

Gray  Mare  . 
For  oyl  to  the  coach 
For  mending  sadles  by 
Trotter 


[Sterling] 

[Coch      Horses  Corn  and  Stra] 

£  s.  d. 


0    5  0 


0    4  0 


0    1  0 


0  1 


0    4  0 


21    4  0 


10  0 

0    0  6 

15  0 

3    6  8 

0  16  0 

0  16  8 

0    4  8 


0    2  0 


1712]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  235 


[Horsekeeping]  [Sterling] 

[Coch  etc.       Horses  Corn  and  Stra] 

£  s.  d. 

For  oyle  to  Gray  Mare  0  16 

For  bran  and  Drogs 

when  colded  .  0    5  0 

For  12  ells  Girthing  at 

2d.  very  broad  .020 
For  2  pair  strip  lathers 

2s.  3d.,  buckles  18d.  0  3  9 
For  shoe  to  a  horse  t  0  0  4 
For  Tarr  to  the  coach 

6d.,  oyl  2s.,  bleck 

3d.  .  .  .029 
For   expenc   on  the 

road  to  Edn  .  0    2  0 

For  mending  the  coach 

and  2  pair  shekles, 

the  shekles  with  nails 

15d.  a  pair  .  .036 
For  expences  on  the 

road     ...  030 
To  a  pyper  at  Red- 

breas  for  the  horse  0  10 

Deem.  10  To  Patrick  Hunter  in 

full  of  all  Accounts 

for  this  year         .  2  12  0 

For  two  trees  for  polls    0    2  0 
For  mending  of  sadles 

at  Kelso,  etc.  .053 
For  mending  sadles  by 

Mrs.  Troter  .    0  10 

For  the  Hay  of  Jerri  s- 

wood  Park  last  year 

being  still  untoucht  6    0  0 

For  the  llay  of  Colt- 
crooks  .        .        .  10    0  0 

For  stra  which  comes 

to  7£  5  of  crop  1712  7    5  0 


236 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1709 


[Horsekeeping] 

To  Pat  Newton  for 
shoeing  horse  from 
the  last  March  1712 
till  last  March  1713 


[Sterling] 

[Coch      Horses  Corn  and  Stra] 

£  s.  d. 


2    0  0 


£4    2    4     35  12  0 


[1709] 

Estate  Management.1 
The  expence  of  repairing  tenants  houses. 

Deb:  to  Cash.  [Scots] 
March  22  For  meason  and  wright  wbrk  in 
Langshaw   Milne   allowed  to 
Thomas  Ladly  this  day  .        .      44    7  8 

For  naills  to  sclate  the  house,  etc., 

of  Langshaw         .        .        .       6  10 
June  8  For  a  milne  stone  to  Langshaw 

Milne  bought  by  James  Deas  .      20  12  0 

For  doors  to  Moss  houses  .        .       2    8  0 

For  a  nather  milston  from  Green- 
law to  Langshaw. 

For  sclateing  the  house  of  Lang- 
shaw by  Pat:  Thomsone         ,      30    0  0 

To  Jamie  Blakie  2  days  at  Lang- 
shaw cutting  timber      .        .       14  0 

To  Mellerstains  workmen  at 

Langshaw  Dam     .        .        .       5  15  0 

For  helping  to  put  up  Langshaw 

Park  dicks    .  .  28    0  0 

For  repairein  the  stone  dicks  at 

Langshaw     .        .        .  16    0  0 

For  6  loads  lime  for  Langshaw 

House  .        .        .        .        1  16  0 

For  divits  to  Langshaw  House  .       3    6  8 

For  thicking  Langshaw  stables  .       4  10  0 


N.B. — Many  entries  relating  to  this  heading  will  be  found  under  *  Sundries.' 


iyo9] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  237 


[Estate  Management] 

[Scots] 

To  a  milne  wright  for  repaireing 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Langshaw  Milne 

42 

0 

0 

To  said  milne  wright  Munga  Dick 

half  a  boll  meall  . 

9 

0 

0 

To  Munga  Park  measone  for  re- 

paireing Langshaw  Milne 

48 

0 

0 

For  yrone  £5  10sh.,  casting  divits 

to  Langshaw  Milne  £5  12s. 

11 

2 

0 

For  nails  to  the  milne  by  John 

Boe  and  other  yron  work 

7 

2 

0 

For  other  expences  at  Langshaw 

Miln  by  Ja:  Ainsly 

4 

10 

For  reparations  in  Over  Langshaw 

and  Mose  Houses  . 

41 

18 

8 

For  glazing  Langshaw  Houss 

13 

0 

0 

For  lime  to  Langshaw  House 

2 

0 

0 

For  casting  divots  to  Langshaw 

Milne  .... 

7 

0 

0 

For  divits  leading  and  other  work 

at  Langshaw  House 

11 

0 

0 

For  pan  cratch  a  boll  £l  14,  Tarn 

Youlls  expence  a  night  with  a 

horss  going  to  the  Pans  for  it, 

he  haveing  corn  along  with  him 

6sh.  4d.  and  custome 

2 

0 

4 

For  pan  cratch  to  the  Tour  head 

1 

lo 

0 

For  4  days  bringing  the  cratch  at 

5s  

1 

0 

0 

For  drawing  thack  to  the  thicker 

0 

10 

0 

For  helpnig  the  pigion  house  at 

Jerriswood  • 

1 

10 

0 

For  a  furlite  to  Langshaw  Milne 

2 

0 

0 

S. 

369 

9 

4 

238 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1710 


[Estate  Management] 
Expence  of  repairing  Tenants  Houses 
May  15    For  repairing  Tam 
Williamsons  house 
and  the  smithes  T: 
Hop     ...        .  .050 

For  4  days  thicking  of 
these  houses  by 
Mowit  .        .  .020 

For  building  the 
smidy  belonging  to 
John  Flint  by  Tam 
H.        .        .        ,    0  10  0 


[Sterling] 
1710. 


£  s.  d. 
0  17  0 


For  divits  to  Jamie  Ormstons 

house  when  he  entred  to  it 

0 

1 

6 

For   repairing   Coltcrooks  park 

dick  by  Kerncorse 

0 

9 

8 

For  4000  divits  for  Ormston  and 

Thomsons  houses  ..  - 

0 

4 

0 

For  stinging  the  barn  9  \  day 

0 

4 

9 

For  56  threve  bear  stra  for  sting- 

ing the  barn  at  4d.  per  threve 

1709  crop 

0 

18 

8 

To  Hunter  for  2  cuples  in  the 

smithes  house  and  two  in  Tam 

Williamsons  house  and  timering 

them  and  helping  the  nurses 

house  ...... 

0 

6 

8 

For  service  at  the  smidy  11  days 

more  at  it  and  T:  W:  19 

0 

12 

6 

For  5000  divits  for  Tam  William- 

sons house  .... 

0 

5 

0 

For  building  the  kitchen  payd 

Munga  Dick  3  15  2 

3 

05 

2 

To  Mungae   for  the   park  gate 

makeing  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  the  nurses  house  repairing  . 

0 

6 

1 

For  John  Brouns  house,  for  1709 

repairing  .... 

0 

11 

1 

OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  239 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

For  repairing  Langshaw  Dicks  .       0  15  6 
For  repaireing  Langshaw  Milne 

houses  which  compleats  them  at 

James  Ainslys  entry  payd  to 

Munga  Dick  .        .        .  .200 
For  repaireing  Mose  Houses  payd 

the  said  Munga  Dick  in  pairt 

0    4s.  5J  .        .        .       0    4  5T% 

For  repairing  Alexander  Pringles 

houses  in  Langshaw       .        .       0    7  3 
For  divits  casting  to  Langshaw 

Milne  house  at  12d.  per  thou- 
sand  10  0 

For  lime  to  the  slouse  of  the  milne       0  16 
For  nails  and  wooud  bands  to  the 

Milne  0    2  8 

To  Munga  Dick  in  full  of  Mose- 

houses  reparations         .        .       0  12  10| 
For  mending  Langshaw  Miln 

whiel  and  traugh  .        .       17  6 

For  4000  divits  to  malt  barn,  etc.       0    4  0 
For  repairing  Coumsly  Hill  and 

Over  Langshaw  payd  Munga 

Dick  the  timber  all  cutt  on  the 

ground         .        .        .        .      11    4  0 
For  3400  divits  to  Coumsly  Hill, 

and  2400  to  Over  Langshaw 

5000  to  Langshaw  office  houses      3    5  0 


29    8  10T\ 


Reparations  of  Langshaw  Barrony  1711. 

[Sterling] 

For  repairing  Langshaw  Park 
Dicks  when  Thomas  Turner 
entred  to  them  Mart.  1710      .       5  10  0 


240  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Estate  Management] 

Repairing  Houses  1711. 

For  helping  the  walls  of  Mains 
Houses  by  Imry  . 


May  29  For  bilding  up  the  Stable  and 
coachhouse  by  John  Wilson 
For  three  shovels 
For  cloding  Jerviswood  Park  5sh. 


For  building  Jerviswood  Park 
door     .        .        .  . 

For  17 J  days  work  at  Cochhouse 
and  Stable  by  John  Wilson  at 
lOd.  a  day  without  meet . 

For  pan  crach  to  the  tour  head 
2s.  2d.  pr  boll,  cariage  2s.  6d. . 

For  Nails 

For  building  the  Kitchen  payd 

Mungo  Dick  2  15  2 
For  53  days  work  of  5d.  men 

about  the  houses  this  year 
For  114  5d.  days  at  the  Kitchen 


For  work  about  the  House  and 
for  dails,  etc. 

For  cariing  home  the  Dails  the 
100  dails  the  rest  our  own 
horses  ..... 

For  building  the  Kit- 
chen by  Imry  in  full 


of  his   .        .        .18  0 


For  work  about  the  House  by 
Hunter  33  days  lOd.  pr  day  . 

For  468  foot  pavement  at  2d.  pr 
foot  in  kitchen  and  trance 


[Sterling] 

£  s.  d. 
0    5  0 

0  6  0 
0    3  6 

0  10 

0  14  2 

0  4  8 
0  10  6 

2  15  2 

113 

2    7  6 

25    0  0 

0  13  4 


For  building  „the 
Kitchen  by  John 
Young  . 


2  12  8 


14  8 


) 


1712]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  241 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 

For  45  days  work  at  the  quarie  for       £   s.  d. 
the  pavement        .        .        .       0  18  1 

For  helping  Caltcrooks  park  Dicks 

by  Tarn  Hope  5|  .        .        .       0    5  6 

For  Nails  from  Liedhouse  Is.  6, 

yron  for  sundry  uses  16sh.      .       0  17  6 

For  inclosing  the  Thack  Meadow 
to  the  Tenants  in  Mellerstaine 
Mains  at  8d.  pr  Rood    .        .       7    3  4 

For  inclosing  the  Bogg  in  Meller- 
staine Mains  at  8d.  pr  Rood         12    0  0 


S.  62  14  8 


Expence  of  Repairing  Tenants  Houses  1712. 


March  24  For   puting   a  band 

about  Langshaw 

Miston 1 
For  building  Malt  Barn 

at  15sh.  pr  Rood  . 
For  2  days  by  Hunter 

at  Tho  Willisons 

House 
For  5  days  at  Hall 

Houses 

July  3    To  James  Hunter  for 
John  Humes  House 
cuples  5 
For  George  Dodses 
chimny  and  win- 
dows 4  days  . 


Millstone. 


Sterline  Money 

Barony  of 
Langshaw. 

0  12  6 


0    2  1 


0    5  0 


0    3  4 


0  18 


Q 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1712 


[Estate  Management] 
For  Timber  payd  John 

Gibson   for  Fanns 

Scooll  .        .    0  11 

For  bands  to  the  spinle 

and   armes  Lang- 
shaw  Milne  . 
For  John  Boes  work 

at  the  Spinle  and 

armes 
To   Ammers  Wright 

for   work    4  days 

there  . 
For    timber    to  the 

Garners  house  and 

George  Dodses  .  1  5 
For     Meason  and 

wright     work  at 

Garners   house  by 

Munga  Dick  at  12ds . 

a  day  lad  8ds.  .  2  13 
For  work  by  Munga 

Dick  at  making  a 

chimny  to  Dodses 

House  .  .  .01 
For  puting  up  Coum- 

slyhill  barn,  etc.  . 
For  Hillandmans  ser- 

ing  Dick  12  days  .  0  5 
For  more  timber  from 

Park    for  Garners 

House  .  .  .19 
For  4  doors  crooks  and 

bands  to  Coumsly- 

hill 


[Sterling] 

£  s.  d. 

8 

0  3  8 

0  2  6 

0  3  10 

8 

8 
0 

15  4 

0 
0 

0  13  4 


£6  17    9         3    1  2 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  243 


TE state  Management] 

For     mending  old 

Ditch  Dick  in  Colt- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

crooks  . 

0 

0 

10 

For    the    Dick  and 

Ditch    at    8s.  pr 

Rood  in  Coltcrooks 

0 

10 

0 

For  helping  Coltcrooks 

Ditch  Dick  10  days 

0 

4 

2 

For      10  thousand 

Divits     for  Hall 

House 

0 

10 

0 

lor  6  days  work  at 

Hall  House  5d.  men 

0 

2 

6 

For   3000    divits  to 

Fanns  Scooll 

0 

3 

0 

For    for  Coltcrooks 

park  to  Munga  Dick 

0 

3 

8 

S. 

£1 

14 

2 

[Sterling] 


Expence  of  Repairing  Mellerstaine  Tour  and 
offices  Houses  1712. 

For  hair  to  plaster  the  Kitchin  at  [Sterling] 
9d.  a  stone    .        .        .        .        0    6  6 


For  Nails  7s.,  more  4s.  6 

0 

11 

6 

For  400  windows  at  2d.  J,  200 

doors  at  5d.,  200  planshers  at 

8d.  p  hunder 

0 

3 

0 

For  Nails  4s.  4d.,  1000  windows, 

200  doors,  200  planshers 

0 

8 

7 

For  45,  5d.  days  at  the  quarie  for 

payment  to  the  Kitchin,  etc.  . 

0 

18 

9 

For  flooring  the  Milk  House,  etc. 

by  Thomson 

0 

10 

0 

For  13  days  Meason  work  about 

the  House  by  David  Imry 

0 

17 

0 

244 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1712 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 
For  65  days  work  of  5d.  men       £   s.  d. 

about  the  House,  etc.  .  .  12  1 
For  24  days  5d.  men  at  the  stone 

quarie  .  .  .  .  .  0  10  0 
For  work  about  the  dicks  by 

John  Clark  25  days  at  5d.  .  0  8  9 
June  24  For  biging  the  Collhouse  9  days, 

other  work  3  J  days  by  Tarn  Hope  0  12  6 
For  building  the  house  of  office  by 

Tho  Hope  5  days  .        .       0    5  0 

For  nin  score  Dails  from  Eymouth 

and  Berwick  to  the  house  only 

110  of  them  at  lid.  .  .  5  0  10 
For  bringing  home  two  carts  full 

Daills  from  Berwick  .  .  0  13  8 
Ditt  16  To  James  Miller  Glazier  2£  to 

account  in  full  of  all  2£  Is.  8  .  4  18 
For  Nails  from  Liedhouse  2s.  8d., 

for  yron  from  him  3s.  .       0    5  8 

For  lead  2lb.  4d.,  lime  lis.  8d., 

lime  5s  0  17  0 

For  Nails  5s.  4d.,  3s.  5d.,  4s.,  Is. 

8d.,  and  more  5s.  7d.  .  .  10  0 
Fort  60    Dails    from  Aymouth 

brining  home  .  .  .  0  6  3 
To  William  Moor  lis.  6d.  .  .  0  16 
To  John  Smith  for  makeing  and 

mending  smith  work  2£  .  2  0  0 
Sep.  2     For  wright  work  about  the  house 

by  James  Blakie  4£  .  .  4  0  0 
For  plastering  l£,  more  wright 

work  by  James  Blakie  2£  7s.  .  3  7  0 
To   James   Hunter  for  sawing 

Dails  lOd.  a  day  6  days  •       0    5  0 

For  work  about  house  and  offices 

houses  by  the  5ds.  men,  etc.  .       4  14  8 


S.  £33    7  4 


1713]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  245 


Expence  of  Repairing  Tenants  Houses  1713. 

Mellerstanes  Langshaw 

For  mending  Lang- 
shaw Milne  Arms  .  0    2  1 
For  Nails  to  the  park 

gate     ....  003 


For    2600    divits   to  0    2  4 

Fanns  House  23  6d.  a 

days  work  by  Jamie 

Paterson  that  has  it 

0    2    9    0    2  9 
To  Munga  Dick  for 

work  at  Fanns  house   0    2  0 


0    4  9 

For  cuting  down  colt- 
crooks  Hay  .    0  17  0 

For  5d.  men  at  Colt- 
crooks  park  .  0  18  6 

For  hay  rakes  6  .014 

For  suples  to  the  barn    0  13 


1  18  1 


June     To  Andrew  Lambs 

expences  at  fairs  .010 
July  17  To  his  expence  .014 
To  his  expences  Is.  2.    0    1  2 

£0    3  6 


Expence  of  Repairing  Mellerstean  Tour  and 

office  Houses  1713.  [Sterling] 
For  8  sto.  whitening  from  Grive 
in  Dunce  at  8ds.  p  stn. 
June  18  For  Nails         .        .        .        .       0    6  4 
For  Lead  to  door  crooks    .        .       0  18 


246  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1713 


[Estate  Management] 

[Sterling] 

For  a  mutchkin  lientsead  oyl 

£ 

s. 

d. 

16ds.  2d.,  white  lead  8ds. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  Muchken  Lintsead  oyl  15ds. 

0 

1 

3 

For  a  botle  to  hold  it  2ds.^ 

0 

0 

9  6 

JL  A 

For  8  st.  whitening  Grive  in  Dune 

at  8ds.  pr  ston 

0 

5 

4 

For  a  chopine  lintsead  oyl  14ds., 

culours  for  dyill  lOds. 

0 

2 

0 

For  20 J  days  stinging  the  house 

8ds.  and  meat 

0 

13 

8 

For  100  threve  bear  stra  at  3ds. 

for  stinging  the  house 

1 

5 

0 

To  Pat  Newton  for  smith  work 

till  Lambes  1713  . 

1 

0 

0 

To  Mean  Meason  for  work  about 

the  house  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  5  J  road  meason  work  in  the 
garden  dick  upon  the  North 

side  by  Robert  Mean  at  lis.  8ds. 

3 

4 

2 

For  work  by  5d.  men  about  the 

House  and  Dicks  till  the  18  day 

July  1713  .... 

0 

17 

0 

For  5d.  men  at  back  close  till  18 

July  

0 

9 

0 

For  12  yron  snakes  for  windows 

at  Dunce  .... 

0 

6 

0 

For  pan  cratch  2s.  6d.,  cariing  it 

2s.  6d.,  paynting  tour  head  2s. 

0 

7 

0 

For  a  wainfull  Dails  bringing 

from  Berwick 

0 

6 

10 

For  a  rake  lime  4s.  2ds. 

0 

4 

2 

For  8  trees  and  60  dails  from 

Edmiston  in  Berwick 

3 

15 

6 

For  smith  work  about  the  house 

by     Hardy  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  more  smith  work  at  Gordon 

5s.,  more  Is.  2d.,  more  8d. 

0 

6 

10 

For  thicking  the  kitchin  2s.  6d.  . 

0 

2 

6 

1714]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  247 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 
For50Dailsat  Is.,  60at9ds.  from       £   s.  d. 

Will.  Robertson  in  Aymouth  .  4  15  0 
For  4  lb.  white  leed  a  chapine  lint- 

sead  oyl  2s.  7ds.  .  .  .  0  2  7 
For  a  tree  from  Park  5  Nails  3s.  .  0  8  0 
For  wright  work  by  James  Blackie       3    9  0 

£23  11  0T62 


Repairing  Mellerstaine  Tour  and  office  Houses  1714. 

[Sterling] 

Ap.  14    For  yron  from  James  Liedhouse 

last  year  haveing  cleard  all 

accounts  with  him  till  this  day  12  0 
For  lime  lis.  last  year  .  .  0  11  0 
For  7  loads  lime  at  6ds.,  3s.  6d., 

Anr  expences  9ds.  to  new  house  0  4  3 
For  stones  to  soli  the  big  oven 

and  building  up  the  mouths  of 

Both  with  new  hewen  ston  and 

stons  for  their  mouthes  and  the 

workmenship  with  their  meat 

3  of  them  3  days  Sanders  Mean 

Ap.  27 


May  24 


and  his  sons  a  grot  to  the  lads  . 

1 

0 

4 

To  James  Pringle  at  founding  the 

House  4d.,  Blakie  at  Aymouth 

2s  

0 

2 

4. 

To  James  Pringle  for  building  the 

back  office  houses  12d.  pr  day 

3 

1 

0 

To  Jamie  hunter  for  work  about 

the  house  last  year 

0 

9 

0 

For  Nails  to  the  new  house  9s. 

Nails  7s.  6d..  more  5s.  . 

1 

1 

6 

For  3  thousand  Divits  to  the  new 

House  ..... 

0 

3 

0 

For  4  days  barrowmen  Is.  8d.  A. 

Hardy  . 

0 

1 

& 

248  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 

For  thi eking  the  house  2s.  8d.,  2       £   s.  d. 
shuffels  3s.  2d.  .        .        0    5  10 

For  bring  home  three  wanefulls  of 

dails  and  trees  to  the  house    .       10  3 

For  glazing  the  new  house  100 
ches  losens  36  foot  wire  losens 
at  3d.  and  4d.  .        .       2    0  0 

For  pavment  and  laying  the  litle 

close  by  Alexr  Mean      .        .       2    7  0 

For  days  work  about  the  house  by 

him  0    5  0 

For  expence  of  the  cart  horse 

going  to  Coldstream       .        .       0    2  0 

For  mending  the  glass  windows 

from  Aug.  18, 1713  till  July  12        13  0 

For  Nails  at  severall  times  17s.  2d., 

Is  0  18  2 

For  265  ells  Casow  at  the  well  back 

closes  at  2d.  pr  ell  without  meat       2    3  4 

For  5d.  men  69  days  at  the  offices 

houses  in  back  close      .        •       18  9 
Sept.  6   For  leveling  and  leeding  stons  to 

the  back  closes  86  days  .        .        1  15  10 

For  8  days  Meason  work  about  the 

house  0    8  0 

For  100  dais  brought  home  in  two 

wains  0  13  6 

For  4  trees  from  George  Dods     .       0    5  0 

To  Pate  Newton  for  smith  work 
about  the  house  and  workmens 
shuvels  and  house  .  .  0  13  6 
Sept.  11  To  5ds.  men  65  days  at  back  wind 
and  sowing  dails  6  of  them 
which  clears  of  all  the  3  work- 
men to  this  day  also  18  days 
work  by  John  Shirra  83  in  all  .  1  14  7 
Nov.  19  To  5ds.  men  for  work  at  Dicks 

houses,  etc.  .        .        .        .       2  18 


3714]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  249 


[Estate  Management]  [Sterling] 


Nov.  24 


For  Lime  Is.  2d.,  3s.,  glazing  in 

£ 

s. 

d. 

full  to  Miller  by  R.  T.  Is.  8d.  . 

0 

5 

10 

For  bands,  locks,  and  snecks  to  the 

offices  houses  by  Hardy  Smith 

in  Gordon  Is.  4d.,  more  2£  5s. 

2 

6 

4 

To  John  Mowit  for  stinging  the 

house  and  dick 

17 

6 

For  20  dails  from  James  Blakie 

l£,  cariing  3s.,4d.  . 

1 

3 

4 

To  Jamie  Blakie  cleard  all  ac- 

counts and  payd  . 

8 

8 

0 

For  thicking  the  house  by  Young 

\  J    \JLCXi  V  u    .                   .                   .                   .  . 

0 

3 

0 

For  1  st.  11  lb.  yron  for  quarie 

work,  looms  mending 

0 

4 

6 

For  more  yron  4s.  8d.,  2  shuvels 

3s.  2d  

0 

7 

10 

For  34  lb.  lead  5s.  9d. 

0 

5 

9 

£41 

8 

7 

Mellerstaine,  Janry  1714.    Repairing  Tenants  Houses. 

Mellerstaine.  Langshaw. 
To  Amers  Milne  wright  [Sterling] 
for  Langshaw  Mile 

Wheel  ...  5  19  4 

To  Munga  Dick  for 
over  Langshaw  barn 

10  days  8ds.         .  0    6  8 

To  Munga  Dick  2  days 

building    up  the 

cross  and  tronn  .020 
To  a  Meason  to  finish 

out  the  Malt  Kill 

and  barn      .        .10  0 
To  Ainsly  for  over- 

langshaw  Houses  .  0    6  0 


250  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1714 


[Estate  Management] 

[Sterling] 

To  John  Gray  for 

£   s.  d. 

doors  at  Mosehouses 

0    5  0 

For  a  door  to  Coumsly 

hill  and  2  days  work 

0    4  8 

For  casting  Divits  to 

the  Malt  barn  12ds. 

p  1000  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  2  suples  3d.  more 

2  suples  2T^d. 

For  rials  and  hudins 

to  Tarn  Bell  . 

0 

1 

1 

For  tar  to  the  sheep 

last  year  in  the  toun 

0 

2 

4 

To  Hope  Meason  2 

days  at  Jerriswood 

Park  dick 

0 

2 

0 

To  5d.  men  at  Jerris- 

wood park  dicks  and 

other  dicks  . 

2 

1 

8 

To  5d.  men  at  Colt- 

crooks  park  dick  9 

days 

0 

3 

9 

Septm.  6  For  5d.  men  at  the 

Hay  27  days  being 

9  day  each  . 

0 

11 

3 

For  5d.  men  at  the 

park  dicks 

0 

7 

1 

For  working  at  the 

Hay  by  5d.  men  etc. 

0 

10 

0 

For  cuting  the  Hay  in 

nursary  ground 

0 

8 

0 

For  2  days  at  Nurses 

house  . 

0 

1 

0 

£5  15    2         7    1  3 


1709]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  251 


Expense  of  Garden.1 

Mellerstaines,  Janr.  1709.    Expence  of  the 

Gardine.    Deb:  to  Cash,  [Scots] 


r  or  &  spaas  to,  a  now  xi  10s.  . 

7 

ID 

u 

For  men  to  work  with  the  garner 

at  5sh.  per  day 

Q 
O 

1U 

For  3  rackes,  a  howe,  a  pairin 

yron,  a  stalk  for  a  line  threed, 

ana  a  pair  01  fork  grains 

2 

2 

0 

For  plants  at  4s.  per  100  . 

2 

8 

0 

To  Samuill  Robsone  in  Brigend 

101  garame  seeas   .        *  . 

1  Q 

x  1 

A 
\J 

For  spinage  sead   4   ounces  at 

Edinburgh  .... 

0 

11 

0 

For  51  day  by  Tarn  Youll  in  the 

gardine  at  5d.  [stg.] 

12 

15 

0 

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.    X-j  JJ  KJ1       WUlJvlIlCll      ctL      LI1C  gdlLllIlC 

preceeding  this  date 

29 

0 

0 

For  wnrkififn  nt  thp  cmrdinp 

2 

10 

0 

For  f54<  fnnt-  ocl^^*;  fr»T  Vin1"P  hpH<! 

7 

12 

0 

s. 

87 

15 

0 

Expence  of  the  gardine  1710. 

• 

[Sterling] 

For  a  lb.  peas  .... 

0 

1 

3 

Ap.  22d  For  workmen  at  5d.  a  day,  delving 

0 

15 

0 

To  Tarn  Youll  at  the  boulling 

green  15  J  days 

0 

6 

To  White  in  Fans  and  Black  in 

Mellersteans  at  the  boulingreen 

0 

9 

2 

For  plants  3s.  6d.,  peas  Is.  3d.  . 

0 

4 

9 

For  gardine  seads  from  Brigend 

Garner 

1 

7 

0 

1  Many  entries  relating  to  this  heading  will  be  found  under  '  Sundries.' 


252  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1710 


[Expense  of  Garden]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

For  3  shuffels  .        .        .       0    3  6 

For  200  days  work  at  the 

Boullingreen  at  5d.  per  day    .       4    3  4 


7  10  5T% 


Expense  of  the  Gardine  1711. 
For  Spades  2  at  4sh.  6d.,  shaffels 

4  at  Is.  2d. 
For  Gardine  seads 
For  pursly  sead 
For  a  watering  cann  c.  o.  . 
For  106  5d.  days  at  the  Bowlin 

green  .... 


[Sterling] 
0  13  8 
15  6 
0  14 
0    4  4 


4  2 


S.  £4    9  0 


Expence  of  the  Gardine  1712. 


For  a  lb.  of  white  pease 

0 

0 

6 

For  men  to  work  the  ground  at 

5d.  p  day  .... 

0 

15 

0 

For  a  lb.  firr  sead 

0 

12 

0 

For  inclosing  the  Nursary  80  5d. 

days  ..... 

1 

13 

4 

For  78  5d.  days  trinching  and 

setting  trees  and  in  gerdine 

1 

12 

6 

For  19  days  at  Jerriswood 

Nursary  more 

0 

8 

0 

For  38   days   ditchen   out  the 

Nursary  Dicks 

0 

15 

10 

For  25  days  more  at  setting  out 

the  trees  .... 

0 

10 

5 

1713]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BA1LLIE  253 


[Expense  of  Garden] 

[Sterling] 

For  young  Trees  bought  by  John 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Hope  which  was  a  perfit  cheat 

2 

10 

0 

For  Elm  sead  from  Hundalie 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  shuffels  2s. 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  line  threed  7d. 

0 

0 

7 

For  gardine  seads  by  John  Hope 

from  Samuell  Robsone  . 

1 

16 

8 

For  a  syth  .... 

0 

2 

0 

For  a  spade  3s.  8  a  shovell  18d. 

another  shovell  14d. 

0 

6 

4 

For  a  spade  4s.  2ds.  . 

0 

4 

6 

For  5ds.  men  at  the  Green  80 

days  ..... 

1 

13 

8 

For  5d.   men  at  the  Gardine  20 

days  ..... 

0 

8 

4 

S. 

£13 

14 

2 

Expence  of  the  Gardine 

Sterling 

For  a  spade  Berwick  3s.  6d. 

0 

3 

6 

For  floors  2s.,  2  shovles  c.  0.  3s.  . 

0 

5 

0 

For  a  long  syth  2s.  2d.,  sharpening 

stons  4ds.  a  pice  . 

0 

3 

6 

For  a  spade  c.  0.  4s.,  3  lb.  clover 

sead  2s.  3d.  .... 

0 

2 

3 

For  a  lb.  lime  sead  5s.  6d.  . 

0 

5 

6 

For  5ds.  men  and  others  at  the 

Boulling  green  and  banks 

5 

12 

6 

For  5d.  men  at  the  North  wall  till 

18  July  .... 

0 

14 

0 

For  5ds.  men  at  Gardine  4s.  6d. 

at  for  close  l£,  gravell  4  . 

1 

5 

6 

For  5ds.  men  at  the  Gardine 

0 

0 

10 

For  34  ewe  trees  from  William 

Miller  

5 

0 

0 

254 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1713 


l_jcj-x.peii.se  01  ^jraraenj 

[Sterling] 

Jb  or  a  rolmg  ston  from  Kimmer- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

gham  ..... 

1 

2 

6 

For  Gardin  seads  and  tree  seads 

C  _   „  11   T">  v 

samuell  Kobson 

4 

0 

0 

For  John  Humes  expences  2s.  8d., 

more  Is.  ... 

0 

3 

8 

For  trees  from  Earlston 

1 

19 

0 

£21 

0 

9 

Expence  of  the  Gardine  and  Planting  1714. 


March 


Sep.  6 
Sep.  9 


Sterling 

-f— 1           ,                  ft                 -f-      11  1 

For  trees  from  Jedbrugh  . 

1 

16 

0 

To  Sr  Pat.  Scots  Garner  for  geting 

the  Allers  .... 

0 

2 

6 

For  2  spades  at  Edn. 

0 

8 

0 

For  John  Humes  expences  going 

about  seeds,  trees,  etc.  . 

0 

4 

8 

For   a  spade   from   my  father 

4s.       .        .  . 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  syth  2s.  another  syth  and 

2  sharping  stons  3s. 

0 

5 

0 

For  Gardine  seeds  this  year 

1 

13 

4 

For  2800  thorns  10s.  pr  1000  . 

1 

8 

0 

For  Anemonys  4d.  Ranunculus  3d. 

Junquils  Id.  Tulips  2d.  . 

1 

5 

0 

For  40  plains  Id.  pr  pice,  1000 

Elms  15s.},  100  geans  2d. 

1 

8 

4 

For  200  firs  12s.  pr  100  . 

1 

4 

0 

For  5d.  mens  work  in  the  Gardine 

and  at  planting  192  days  for  a 

years  time  .... 

4 

0 

0 

For  smith  work  by  Pat  Newton 

till  this  day  .... 

0 

7 

0 

1694]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  255 


[Expense  of  Garden]  [Sterling] 

£   s.  d. 

For  Akorns  2s.,  Mrs.  Mean  Is.  .  0  3  0 
For  lines  Is  0  10 


14    9  10 


Expence  of  the  Gardine  and  Planting  1718. 

[Sterling] 

For  chestons  and  Walnuts  .  15  0 
For  300  horse  chestons  .  .  0  6  0 
For  a  sneding  knyf  Is.  6d.         .       1  11  0 


3    2  0 

For  corn  to  Cart  Horses    .        .       2    5  0 


Doctors  and  Surgeons.1 

To  docters  and  chirurgions. 

1694  To  a  consultation  of  chirurgions  [Scots] 
Janr.  4th     for  my  leg    .        .        .  34  16  0 
March  18  To  John  Baillie  cherurgion  for 

drawing  my  wife  blood  .  5  16  0 
Jun.  6    To  John  Baillie  and  DocterKirton  2 

for  wateing  on  me  in  my  flux  .  92  16  0 

July  2    To  Mr.  Knox  for  letting  blood    .  3  12  0 

1695  For  blooding    .        .        .        .  3  10  0 
For  Sarsaroot3.        .        .        .  16    6  0 


1  Many  entries  relating  to  this  heading  will  be  found  under  '  Sundries.' 

2  Doctor  George  Kirkton,  a  first  cousin  of  George  Baillie.    See  p.  31. 

3  Sarsa  or  sarsaparilla,  a  still  much  employed  medicine. 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Doctors,  etc.]  [Sterling] 

£  s.  d. 

Augt.    To  Docter  Sincklair.1        .        .  11  12  0 
Novr.     To  Docter  Burnits  man  at  two 

times.  .        .        .        .        .  5  16  0 

To  John  Baillie  cherurgion        .  34  16  0 

For  Sarsa  root         .        .        .  6    0  0 

January   To  Docter  Sincklar   .        .        .  11  12  0 


S.  226  12  a 

To  more  expence  of  Docters,  etc.    399  14  0 


S.  626    6  O 


1696        To  Docters  and  cherurgions.  [Scots] 


January 

To  George  Kirton  for  his  pains  . 

29 

0 

0 

Aprill 

For  3  fb.  sarsaparella 

13 

10 

0 

To  Docter  Sincklair  .  . 

46 

16 

0 

9 

To  Mr.  Rainolds  per  recept 

120 

0 

0 

To  Mr.  Rainalds 

60 

0 

0 

For  Andersons  pills  . 

2 

0 

0 

To  Georg  Kirkton  8  rex  dollers  to 

account  .... 

23 

4 

0 

To  Georg  Kirton  for  blooding  . 

5 

16 

0 

May 

To  Georg  Kirton  to  acount 

13 

16 

0 

January 

To  Docter  Burnits  man 

2 

18 

0 

1697 

To  Docter  Senclair  . 

52 

0 

0 

To  his  man  . 

2 

0 

0 

1  Elsewhere  called  Dr.  St.  Clair.  Probably  Dr.  Matthew  St.  Clair  of  Herd- 
manston,  East  Lothian,  the  ancestor  of  the  present  Lord  Sinclair.  He  was  a 
deputy-lieutenant  of  East  Lothian,  and  was  in  command  of  the  party  who  went 
to  interview  Mr.  Hepburn  of  Humbie,  who  in  17 15  was  considered  as  likely  to 
join  the  rising.  In  the  skirmish  which  followed  Keith's  younger  son  was  killed, 
'the  first  that  was  killed  in  the  late  rebellion.' — Rae's  Rebellion.  In  revenge 
the  Highlanders  plundered  Herdmanston  House  'of  everything  valuable  which 
they  could  carry  with  them.' — Rae's  Rebellion. 


1694]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  257 


[Doctors,  etc.]  [Scots] 

Febr.  12  To  Georg  Kirton  a  guiny  at  23s.  £   s.  d. 

6d   14    2  0 

Jany.       To  Docter  Sincklair          .        .  69  12  0 

1698     To  Docter  Sinckair   .        .        .  59  14  0^ 


S.  197    8  a 


Small  Payments. 


Sundry  small  things. 

[Scots] 

1                Tun     TJ/~vt»  tii^loc 

ioy*  O  U.I1.  J?  Ol    IllLllcb  .... 

1 

0 

0 

Vi  /~\  Y*     WO  nAli        T"\l  1  /""I  /2k t*        O  Y\  /~A      TOCO  W"l  1  Y"* 

X1  OI    Ucipcl ,   JJUClcI,  dlltl   JclbclIIlIIl  . 

1 

4 

4 

Tn  Grppnnplr^  m^n  ^ 

2 

0 

0 

1U  IllcLLCl  Iclllo    LVJ  JclJJclll            •  . 

3 

0 

0 

For  drinkmony  and  horss  hire  at 

Temple  .... 

4 

13 

0 

October  For  caring  books  14s.,  for  paper 

and  for  a  coch 

1 

9 

0 

For  sevarell  small  things  6fb.  for 

safer  of  a  mufe  2tb  18.  . 

8 

18 

0 

For  paper,  wax,  pens,  14s,  pins, 

knitins,  12s. 

1 

6 

0 

1695     For  sevarell  small  things  ltb.  16, 

sevarell  things  3ib.  13  . 

5 

9 

0 

Febr.  23  To  Christinins  .... 

8 

14 

a 

For  a  coch  14s.,  Greenocks  man 

14s.,  flitting  the  seller  lOsh.  . 

1 

18 

a 

To  Lisi  Rainald  for  my  Robins 

vallantin  gloves 

1 

10 

0 

To  the  poor  6Tb.,  to  Jedbrughs3 

cochman  14s.,  corks  9sh. 

7 

3 

0 

1  Sir  John  Shaw  of  Greenock. 

2  Japanning  must  have  been  a  comparatively  new  art  in  Scotland  at  this  time, 
for  in  1705  a  petition  was  presented  to  Parliament  by  Sarah  Dalrymple  for 
leave  to  carry  on  'a  japaning  manufactory,'  which  was  opposed  by  two  glass 
makers,  1  M.  la  Blanc  and  Mr.  Scott.' 

3  William  Kerr,  Lord  Jedburgh. 

R 


258 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Jun. 


July 


August 


Novr. 


Decmr. 


[Small  Payments] 

[Scots] 

For  tape  thrid  12s.,  to  a  barber 

£ 

s. 

d. 

14s.,  to  a  nurs  3ib.  10  . 

4 

16 

0 

To  a  poor  woman  lib.  8,  drink 

mony  to  nurses  7  . 

8 

18 

0 

Foracoch7s.    ToReths1  nurs3tb. 

10,  thrid  and  knitins  2ib.  2s.  . 

5 

19 

0 

To  John  Formons  mariadg  for  my 

self  and  gris  . 

6 

10 

0 

For  letters  13s.    Lady  Boyis 

womans  mariadg  . 

3 

10 

0 

For  taking  Nany  to  Polwarth 

Hows  and  to  buy  sop 

2 

12 

0 

To  Docter  Sincklars  childs 

christining  .... 

5 

16 

0 

For  powder  and  jassamin  . 

1 

12 

0 

To  the  woman  in  the  tobuith 

lib.  9s.    To  Tarn  Noble  lib.  9s. 

2 

18 

0 

For  letters  lib.    For  letters  from 

London  betwixt  August  94  and 

this  day  .... 

9 

0 

0 

For  helpin    windows    10s.  To 

Manson,  barber,  14s. 

1 

4 

0 

To  Drink  mony  in  the  contry 

8 

0 

0 

For  letters  .... 

1 

13 

0 

To  Adam  cochman  . 

2 

18 

0 

To  Provist  Chis's  nurs 

2 

16 

0 

To  letters  at  the  post  2lb.  4 

2 

4 

0 

To  Greenocks  man  14,  Torwoodlys 

nurs  3lb.  .... 

3 

14 

0 

To  Drumsho  boys,  etc. 

2 

1 

0 

S.  122    0  0 


Alexander,  Lord  Raith,  at  one  time  Lord  Treasurer  Depute  for  Scotland. 


1696]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  259 


[Small  Payments]  [Scots] 


Sundry  small  debursments,  1696. 

£ 

Q 
O  . 

A 

Janr. 

To  Andrew  Lamb 

o 

10 

yj 

To  hansels  .... 

10 

o 

o 

20th  For  knitins  and  tap  15s.  . 

o 

1  *5 

X  o 

Aprill 

For  letters  9s.  to  Ladikins  to  a 

poor  woman  11.  lis. 

2 

0 

0 

For  threed  11.  14s.,  for  coch  heirs 

11.  9s  

3 

3 

o 

For  letters  11.  5s.    For  paper  7s., 

powder  121.,  to  An  Faa  11.  9s. 

3 

13 

o 

To  Justice  Clarks  1  nurs 

2 

18 

o 

For  a  bell  and  cord  to  the  door 

1 

9 

o 

For  cariing  books 

1 

13 

o 

For  washing  a  goun 

1 

9 

0 

To  a  christining  of  a  child  of 

Rreastmills 

5 

16 

o 

To  the  woman  in  Tolbooth 

o 

14 

6 

Julv 

For  letters  15s.,  mor  41.  8s. 

5 

3 

o 

To  Will  Padyen 

1 

16 

o 

For  a  hather  brush  3s.,  pins  10s. . 

o 

13 

o 

Agust. 

For  threed  18s.,  pins  10s.,  knitins 
10s. 

To  the  falconer  14s. 

o 

14 

o 

Sept. 

To  the  Justice  Clarks  man 

1 

9 

o 

Octobr. 

To  a  barber  for  half  a  year 

3 

14 

0 

1st 

For  4  ounces  of  threed 

2 

18 

o 

Novr. 

For  letters  .... 

2 

19 

0 

To  Car  when  he  brought  in  Rachy 

1 

18 

0 

To  Will:  Padyen 

0 

14 

0 

To  gloves  to  Marin  Lidas  . 

0 

10 

0 

To  the  woman  in  Tolboth 

0 

14 

0 

To  Meg  Vas  .... 

2 

18 

0 

To  Gavin  Plumers  2  nurs  . 

2 

18 

0 

To  my  sister  Elisabeth  I  gave  her 

2 

0 

0 

S. 

65 

00 

00 

1  Adam  Cockburn  of  Ormiston,  appointed  28th  November  1692. 

2  Frequently  mentioned  in  the  Account  Book  of  Sir  John  Fotriis, 


260 


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January 
1st 


March 


Agust. 


Sep: 


Octor  12 


[Small  Payments] 

[Scots] 

Sundry  small  Debursments,  1697. 

X 

s. 

j 
a. 

To  hansels  and  new  years  gifts 

012 

00 

00 

To  Wisharts  man 

001 

00 

00 

For  letters  .... 

000 

10 

00 

To  drinkmony  to  Conservater  and 

Cap[tain]  Drumonds  nurses 

005 

16 

00 

To  the  barber  a  quarter  . 

001 

09 

00 

For  a  letter  from  John 

000 

13 

00 

To  Justice  Clarks  man  lti.  9s.,  to  a 

poor  man  14s. 

002 

13 

00 

To  Provist  Chieslys  2  nurses 

005 

16 

00 

To  pouther  8sh.  2  quer  paper  14s. 

001 

02 

00 

To  Jame  Carein  in  arls  and  to 

Jacson  14s.  6d. 

001 

01 

06 

To  my  fathers  cochman  in  drink- 

mony ..... 

002 

10 

00 

To  the  old  woman 

000 

14 

06 

To  flint  and  ball 

000 

04 

00 

To  my  sister  Breastmills  nurs  . 

004 

00 

00 

To  An  Faa  .... 

000 

14 

00 

For  letters  to  b. 

000 

05 

00 

To  the  barber.  .... 

001 

09 

00 

To  fieing  and  arls 

001 

00 

00 

For  wafers  .... 

000 

02 

00 

To  Grisies  master  for  cols  . 

000 

14 

06 

For  sweat  powther  12s. 

000 

12 

00 

For  letters  .... 

000 

10 

00 

To  Jamie  Carr  .... 

002 

00 

00 

For  letters  .... 

000 

15 

00 

To  a  cochman  .... 

000 

14 

06 

For  bringing  Dorathie  Farellton 

from  Berwick 

003 

12 

00 

To  chairmen  .... 

001 

02 

00 

For  cariing  a  chair  and  box  twis  . 

000 

16 

00 

For  sevarell  little  things  . 

007 

00 

00 

i696] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  261 


[Small  Payments]  [Scots] 
For  pins  and  other  litle  things      £    s.  d. 
per  Francy  Newtons  account      002  04  00 


S.  62  18  0 


Brothers  and  Sisters'  Accounts. 

1696         Pay'd  to  my  brothers  and  sisters. 
January  To  Archibald  Baillie.  [Scots] 


the  18     To  Baillie  Faa  on  his  acount 

62 

10 

0 

Febr.  24  To  him  

5 

16 

0 

Aprill     To  him  

5 

16 

0 

To  Will  Johnston  on  his  acount  . 

17 

10 

0 

May  13th  To  John  Murduck  on  his  acount 

per  recept  .... 

12 

0 

0 

To  my  mother  in  law  on  his  acount 

66 

13 

8 

To  Archbald  per  recept 

24 

0 

0 

July  19  To  Archbald  Bewhauen  on  his 

acount  per  recept  . 

21 

0 

0 

To  the  Lady  Gradins 1  servant 

Margrt  Ingles  on  his  acount  . 
To  Breastmill 2  on  his  acount 

2 

8 

0 

19 

0 

0 

To    Hew    Mintgumary    on  his 

acount ..... 

36 

0 

0 

To  John  Wight  on  his  acount 

36 

0 

0 

To  him  brought  from  the  4  page 

986 

14 

0 

To  John  Bayllie. 
July  96    To  pay  a  bill  for  him  .        .        .    130    0  0 
To  him  he  pay'd  his  skiper  and 

conservaters  lady  .        .  30    0  0 

To  Manson  for  a  wige  to  him      .      17    8  0 

1  Helen  Johnston,  daughter  of  Lord  Wariston,  and  aunt  of  George  Baillie, 
married  George  Hume  of  Graden. 

2  Dundas  of  Breastmiln,  Linlithgowshire,  married  George  Baillie's  sister 
Rachel. 


262 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1696 


[Brothers,  etc.] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  him  he  lent  a  Ham  bargeman 

1  / 

c 
0 

A 
\J 

iu  linn  wuen  iic  went  awdy  l\j 

crons,  more  lib.  9 

31 

9 

0 

To  pay  his  chamer  rent 

1 

0 

0 

For  Harton  to  be  his  night  goun 

12 

17 

0 

For  making  his  goun 

0 

14 

0 

To  him  by  bill  to  Holland 

120 

0 

0 

360 

16 

0 

Payd  to  my  brothers  and  sisters  1697. 

[Scots] 


January  To  my  sister  Hellin  . 

009 

14 

00 

To  linin  to  her 

007 

10 

00 

To  muslin  to  her 

001 

19 

00 

To  muslin  to  her  ruffils 

001 

10 

00 

To  her  ant  Johnston  on 

her 

acount  .... 

026 

02 

00 

To  her  for  flowrd  muslin  . 

007 

15 

To  Elisabeth. 

January  To  her     .  . 

002 

00 

To  her  in  mony 

009 

14 

00 

To  her  2  ells  strip  flanell  . 

005 

00 

00 

To  her  5  ells  alamod 

012 

00 

00 

To  linen  for  her 

007 

10 

00 

To  strip  muslin  to  her  at  3ti.  18 

per  ell  . 

008 

08 

00 

To  muslin  for  ruffils  at  3li. 

001 

10 

00 

To  her  ant  Johnston  on 

her 

acountt 

026 

02 

00 

Jun.  22d  To  her  . 

006 

06 

00 

Septm.    To  her  .... 

004 

00 

00 

Novr.     To  her  3ti.  12s. 

003 

12 

00 

To  her  for  flourd  muslin  . 

007 

15 

1698] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  263 


[Brothers,  etc.]  [Scots] 


March 

To  John  Baillies  acount  to  Cowin 

£ 

s. 

d. 

xayior  ..... 

fin 

f\c\ 

To   Chisim   shoemaker   on  his 

acountt  .... 

Uo 

Septm. 

To  Mr.  Robison  on  his  acount 

120 

00 

00 

Decmr. 

To  him  a  doller 

002 

18 

00 

To  Cowin  taylor  in  full  of  ane  old 

acount  ..... 

010 

00 

Johns  account  is  £147  6  0. 

Febr.  28 

To  Robert  he  got  for  his  master  . 

002 

14 

00 

To  him  10s.,  to  making  a  wastcoat 

12,  hat  and  gloves  llli.  2s. 

012 

04 

00 

March 

To  3  pair  shoes  by  Chisim  6ti.  8s., 

to  him  lli.  4s.,  puder  10s. 

008 

02 

00 

Ditto 

To  him  lti.  9,  more  lti.  9,  stokins 

to  him  lti.  6s. 

004 

04 

00 

Aprill 

To  him  lti.  10,  more  16s.  6d. 

002 

06 

06 

May 

To  him  to  go  over  the  water  lti. 

9sh.,  more  lti.  9s. 

002 

18 

00 

Jun. 

To  him  lti.  9s.,  for  wntting  his 

book  5ti.  . 

006 

09 

00 

July 

To  him  Hi.  9s.,  stokins  lti.  14s., 

bukels  16s.  .... 

003 

19 

00 

Agust. 

To  a  wige  llli.  16,  ane  other  wige 

2h.  18s.,  shoes  2ti.  14  . 

017 

08 

00 

To  him  lti.  9s.    To  him  14s., 

muslin  to  him  lti.  4s.,  mending 

10s.      .        .  . 

003 

17 

00 

Septr. 

To  him  2ti.  18s.,  more  lti.,  puder 

14s.  shoes  2li.  13s. 

007 

05 

00 

To  him  lti.  9s.  butons,  threed,  shoes, 

mending  and  lti.  2s.  lid. 

002 

11 

00 

To  muslin  to  him  at  3li.  8s. 

011 

18 

00 

Febr.      To  James  to  give  his  master, 

8ti.  14s.,  writting  master,  2li.  14   011  08  00 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1698 


[Brothers,  etc.] 

[Scots] 

To  him  for  books,  10s.,  shoes  lti. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

16s.,  to  himself  10. 

002 

16 

00 

To  stokins  to  him  19s.,  puder  10s., 

to  ge  over  the  water  lti.  9s.  . 

002 

18 

00 

March 

To  pay  3  quarters  at  the  scooll  . 
To  stokins  lti.  6s.,  to  his  writing 

017 

08 

00 

master  14s.,  to  him  9s.  . 

002 

09 

00 

Jim. 

To  shoes  lti.  10s.,  dressing  a  hat 

6s.,  gloves  6s.  6d.,  pokits  6s.  6d. 

002 

09 

00 

October 

To  books  to  him  2ti.  9s.,  to  Lily 

for  him  14s.  6d.  . 

003 

03 

06 

To  stokins  18s.,  candle  to  his  scool 

14s.  6d.,  to  himself  10s. . 

002 

02 

06 

Fdenburg,  '99.    Mony  pay'd  my  brothers  this  year. 
To  Archbald  Baillie  as  follows. 


1699     To  Georg  Drumond  in  Edinburgh 

[Scots] 

January     tolbuth         .        .  . 

63 

12 

0 

To  Andrew  Carr  per  instructione 

57 

16 

0 

Febr.  24  To  Robert  Spence  . 

6 

10 

0 

To  chamber  rent 

6 

10 

6 

To  John  Rainalds 

20 

8 

0 

To  Mr.  Dumbar 

70 

14 

0 

To  loos  a  panded  coat,  the  man  in 

Canigate  Tolbuth  . 

6 

0 

0 

To  man  in  tolbuth  9 

009 

0 

0 

To  him  at  severall  times  30  19  0 

30 

19 

0 

For  Mr.  Bonnar 

20 

0 

0 

October  For  boord  to  Will  Paton  per 

recept  .        .        .  . 

129 

0 

0 

To  William  Thomson  per  accumpt 

and  recept  .... 

John  Baillie. 

January  To  him  ..... 

81 

14 

0 

To  him  which  was  the  last  he  got 

befor  he  counted  . 

38 

3 

4 

1700] 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  265 


[Brothers,  etc.]  [Scots] 
June     To  him  the  ballance  of  his  count     £      s.  d. 


that  he  had  his  brothers  not  for 

1169 

8 

4 

July 

To  hime  which  was  the  first  he 

got  after  he  counted  with  his 

brother  .... 

9 

8 

4 

To  his  poll  .... 

4 

0 

0 

To  his  docters 

49 

6 

0 

November  To  him  his  principall  sume  of 

333ti.  6s.  8d.,  intrest  185ti.  8s. 

[Scots] 

Od  

518 

14 

8 

James  Baillie. 

Febr. 

To  him  at  severall  times  befor  his 

accumpt  was  made 

32 

06 

0 

To  Baillie  Bowdens  accumpt  the 

first  after  his  counting  . 

205 

4 

4 

Decmr. 

To  him  at  severall  times  this  year 

as  per  Cash  book  . 

155 

10 

0 

S. 

The  ballance  of  his  last  account, 

Candlemas  '99 

134 

6 

8 

Robert  Baillie. 

Febr. 

To  him  quhich  was  the  last  befor 

cumpting  with  his  brother 

49 

14 

6 

To  him  at  severall  times  after 

cumpting  and  per  Grahm's 

account  .... 

72 

6 

0 

To  Baillie  Bowdens  accumpt 

317 

13 

6 

To  a  bill  from  Holland 

520 

0 

0 

S. 

To  ballance  of  his  last  account, 

Candlemas  '99  £157  5  6 

Edenburgh,  1700.    My  brothers.    Deb:  to  Cash. 

Archibald  Baillie.  [Scots] 
To  Francy  Newton  per  accumpt  .      29    5  0 
To  Mr.  Abercrummie  per  accumpt     16  10  0 


266 


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[1700 


[Brothers,  etc.] 

[Scots] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

June 

To  Mr.  Dumbar  by  instructions  . 

38 

0 

0 

To  Will:  Papon  [sic]  for  boord 

and  poket  mony  . 

194 

0 

0 

For  loosing  a  bible  was  panded  . 

5 

0 

0 

August  24  To  Will:  Cowins  accumpt  . 

25 

0 

0 

To  Provist  Johnstons  accumpt  . 

96 

3 

0 

To  a  baxtcr  in  town 

8 

0 

0 

To  pay  Hay,  wige  maker  . 

9 

3 

0 

To  one  Duncan  in  town 

0 

u 

u 

To  him  at  severall  times  in  cash  . 

14 

13 

0 

To  Dmicrilp  T^nhi^nn 

5 

16 

0 

Deem. 

To  William  Pat  on  for  6  monthes 

11th 

boord  and  poket  . 

no 
110 

0 

To  him  by  Plumer  when  he  was  in 

the  Tolbooth 

54 

8 

0 

John  Baillie. 

To  his  poll  .... 

4 

0 

0 

To  hime  per  recept  . 

480 

0 

0 

Robert  Baillie. 

For  his  poll  .... 

10 

0 

0 

To  Francy  Newton  per  accumpt 

7 

0 

0 

James  Baillie. 

Decmr.  4th  To  him  at  sevarall  times  as  per 

his  recept  .... 

121 

5 

6 

Ditto  30 

To  him  being  the  first  after  he 

sign'd  his  account  in  Deem'  4th 

22 

11 

0 

Edenburgh,  January  1702.    My  brothers.  Deb.  to 

Cash. 

Archibald.  [Scots] 

20     To  Georg  Edgar  on  his  precept  .  53    3  0 

March    To  Breastmill  for  him       .        .  3    0  0 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  267 


[Brothers,  etc.]  [Scots] 


2d 

rFo  mv   <;i<Ni"pr  Bt*pj}  dirnill  npv 

X  VJ    Illy      ololtl     Ul  C<  I  o  L  1  11 1 1  1     L/Csl  lllo 

£ 

c 

o  • 

KX» 

IJl             IJ  \j  .... 

1  2 
j_  — 

o 

vj 

o 

VJ 

jlo  ii.nci.ro  w  L/ar  per  nir  [Sic]  recept 

q 

fi 
O 

ft 

VJ 

1\  To  \r  1  K 
IVxcLy    x  u 

1U  llllllbCll  .... 

1 

n 
u 

ft 

VJ 

id  in \t  cic^pT*  T-sfPti ctmi  11  q  wnmfin 

1U    AllV    Olol/Cl    XJl  Cdo  Lllllllb  WUlliclll 

pel  111b  picCcpt 

1  A. 

ft 

VJ 

1U    -IliJ     MblCi     J_>1  CclbLilllil     LU  aL- 

1  TY"1  T"\f"  f\  1  4"r»P'  Q  r»/"k'\7'£»  coin  T^rf/'Onf 

UUIlipL  Ul  l/llC  dUUVc  bdlU  piCCCpL 

thp    wholp    "nrppFTk't"    hpincr  for 

VV  HUlt       ^J 1  Cl/C Vt  Vj       UClll^       ±  W-L 

XUU  kjCOLb  .... 

±0 

u 

ft 

VJ 

J;  Ul  d  blvlll  LU  Illb  UllCllcb  dllLI  Ullc 

cipnf"  1t»  mv  qiQi"pt*  T£t*P£i c?|-rrYTill 

OClll/   liU  HIV                       JJICiloL    llilll  . 

0 

VJ 

1 4 

ft 

June  9 

To  him  sent  by  his  man  to  Breast - 

mill  

4 

o 

VJ 

ft 

VJ 

To  my  sister  Breastmill  on  his 

precept  .... 

4 

o 

VJ 

ft 

VJ 

For  shoes  .... 

O 
£k 

VJ 

ft 

VJ 

For  lowsing  his  brothers  watch  he 

panded  .... 

7 

4 

10 

XVJ 

ft 

VJ 

July  18  To  Ms.  Stothert  in  Lanrick  on  his 

precept  .... 

X  4 

xu 

ft 

VJ 

August  To  Francis  Newton  per  his  precept 

VJ  X 

18 

ft 

VJ 

To  my  sister  Breastmill  in  pairt  of 

a  precept  of  £52  12s.  Scots 

VJ 

0 

VJ 

To  my  sister  Breastmill  in  full  of 

the  precept  of  £52  12s.  . 

1  fi 

10 

xJL 

f\ 

VJ 

Oct.  6 

To  Georg  Edgar  one  his  accumpt 

3 

14 

0 

Novr.  26th  To  my  sister  Breastmill  per  his 

precept  .... 

57 

16 

0 

To  my  sister  Breastmills  woman 

in  full  of  the  precept  abovesaid 

of  £60  Scots  .... 

30 

16 

• 

0 

[1698] 

The  expence  of  my  mothers  funerals. 

[Scots] 

To  her  dead  linin 

060 

00 

0 

To  her  coffin  .... 

076 

00 

0 

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[1698 


[Mother's  funeral] 

[Scots] 

To  charge  of  her  lying  in  the 

£ 

s. 

d. 

church  ..... 

029 

00 

0 

For  writting  the  letters  and  paper 

14 

10 

0 

For  plumkake  18ti.  bisket  36 

054 

00 

0 

For  glases  .... 

13 

00 

0 

For  brecking  the  ground  . 

14 

10 

0 

To  the  batthels 

07 

05 

To  the  kirk  tressorar 

52 

10 

0 

For  the  morcloath 

11 

12 

0 

For  the  grave  and  turf 

08 

14 

0 

To  the  bell  man 

02 

08 

To  the  poor     .  . 

06 

00 

For  coch  and  harse 

37 

04 

For  cariing  the  letters 

08 

00 

00 

For  keeping  the  stairs 

01 

10 

To  the  man  that  drove  the  harse 

02 

00 

For  cariing  letters  to  the  country 

03 

00 

To  drink  mony  to  the  surgons 

man     .        .  .* 

07 

08 

To  the  wrights  man 

02 

00 

For  wins  and  seek,  my  oun 

129 

12 

0 

To  the  herralds  for  her  scuchens 
and  horsemunting  per  ther 
accompt       .  •     .        .        .    210  06  8 


750    9  8 

Of   this   mony  only 

p'ayd  out  presently, 

the  wine  being  in  the 

howse  .        .        .  478  12  00 
Heralds     and  wine 

together  is    .        .  339  18  8 


S.  818  10  8 
Given  out  for  sundry  small  things     68    1  0 


818  10  8 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  269 


My  Father-in-law  1 

Robert  Baillie  of  Jerriswood,  Esqr.  was  eldest  son  to 
George  Baillie  of  Jerriswood.  His  Mother  was  sister  to  Sir 
Archibald  Johnston  Lord  Warriston.  After  having  been 
educated  in  the  Universitys  of  Scotland  he  went  abroad 
to  study  the  law,  and,  being  at  Paris  when  Sir  William 
Lockart  of  Lee  was  first  time  Ambasoder  at  that  Court, 
he  was  recommended  by  Sir  William  Lockart  to  the 
Popes  Nuncio  then  at  Paris  to  travel  with  him  to  Rome, 
which  gave  him  an  opertunity  of  being  acquainted  with 
many  great  men. 

Returning  to  Scotland  some  years  therafter,  he  was  well 
seen  in  the  Civel  Law,  divinity,  History  and  whatever  else 
could  acomplish  a  Gentleman  and  good  Christian.  Abount 
the  year  1661  he  married2  Mrs.  Rachell  Johnston,  Daughter 
to  the  Lord  Warriston.  When  the  Lord  Warriston  was 
committed  to  the  Tower  in  the  year  1663  Jerriswood  came 
from  Scotland  to  wait  of  him,  and  stayed  at  London  untill 
The  Lord  Warriston  was  sent  to  Scotland.  Then  Jerris- 
wood went  to  Scotland  and  attended  him  till  his  Death. 
It  is  observable  That  from  the  time  of  my  Lord  Warristons 
Death  Jerriswood  had  an  impression  on  his  Spirit  that  he 
would  suffer  death  for  the  Cause  of  his  Religion  in  the 
same  place  that  my  Lord  Warriston  did,  which  he  told  to 
some  of  his  nearest  friends  long  before  his  death. 

Also  about  two  years  before  he  died,  having  been  long  in 
the  fields  alone,  he  came  in  and  told  his  Lady  that  he 
would  Certainly  Suffer  Death  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh 
for  his  principles  ere  long. 

Tho'  he  was  a  very  Bright  man  he  would  never  accept  of 
any  publick  Employment,  nor  be  member  of  parliament, 

1  The  words  '  My  Father-in-law '  are  in  Lady  Grisell's  handwriting,  and  are 
endorsed  on  the  paper.  The  document  itself  is  not  in  her  hand,  and  is  unpunc- 
tuated. 

2  *  20  January  1661.  Proclaimed  in  marriage  Mr.  Robert  Baillie  of  Jerviswood 
and  Rachel  Johnston,  daughter  of  Sir  Archibald  Johnston,  Lord  Warriston.' 
— Lanark  Parish  Registers. 


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because  he  would  not  take  the  Declaration  Test  and  other 
Oaths  imposed  at  that  time.  Yet  he  lived  always  peaceably 
under  the  government,  acknowledged  the  King's  authority, 
and  Declared  in  his  last  words  that  he  never  intended  any 
thing  against  the  government  but  to  have  things  redressed 
in  a  parlimentary  way. 

About  the  year  1677  Mr.  James  Kirton,  late  Minester  of 
Edinburgh,  who  was  seized  in  his  own  Chamber  by 
Captain  Carstairs  unwarrantably  without  any  order, 
Jerriswood,  being  lodged  near  by,  was  Called,  and  desired 
the  Captain  to  show  his  order  for  apprehending  Mr. 
Kirton;  and  he  having  none  to  produce,  Jerriswood  Rescued 
him  out  of  the  Captan's  hands.  Jerriswood  was  summened 
to  Appear  nixt  day  before  the  privy  Council,  and  having 
appeared  was  fined  in  five  hundred  pound  Str.  and  com- 
mitted prisoner  to  the  tolbooth  of  Edinburgh.  Afterward 
was  sent  prisoner  to  the  Castle  of  Stirlen  where  he  Con- 
tinued a  long  time. 

In  the  year  1678  Jerriswood  went  to  London  with  Duke 
William  Hamilton  and  the  Noblemen  and  Gentlemen  to 
represent  the  grivences  of  the  Highland  Host  invading 
the  West  of  Scotland. 

About  the  year  1682,  when  the  Duke  of  York  was  appointed 
Commissioner  for  the  parliament  of  Scotland,  Duke 
William  Hamilton,  Lord  Tarras  and  many  other  members 
of  parliament  had  concerted  to  Oppose  The  Duke's  being 
Commissioner  because  he  was  a  papist,  and  had  the 
Oppinion  of  Sir  George  Lockart  and  Sir  John  Cunningham 
two  Eminent  Lawyers  who  thought  it  was  against  law. 
Jerriswood  being  consulted  all  along  by  Duke  Hamilton 
etc.  in  that  affair,  tho  he  was  no  member  of  parliament 
but  as  a  man  very  Capable  of  advising  them,  The  Duke 
of  York,  being  come  to  Scotland,  by  his  intrest  kept  the 
two  lawyers  from  pleading  against  him ;  but  Jerriswood 
was  looked  upon  by  the  Duke  with  a  Jealous  eye  and  as 
an  enimy  to  the  government  because  of  his  opposing 
popery  and  arbitrary  power 

About  the  year  1683  Sir  Hugh  and  Sir  George  Campbles 
of  Sesnock,  Jerriswood,  Commissar  Monro  and  several 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  271 


other  Gentlemen  were  seised  in  London.  Jerriswood,  being 
brought  before  King  Charles  the  Second  and  the  Councill, 
was  charged  with  tresonable  practices  and  of  being  En- 
gaged in  a  plot  against  the  Government,  which  he  abso- 
lutly  denyed.  The  King  Threatned  him  with  the  Boots 
in  Scotland,  to  which  he  answeared,  His  Majesty  might 
give  him  Spurs  too  but  he  Could  Say  nothing  but  the 
truth.  He  was  returned  to  the  gate  house  and  laid  in 
Irions,  where  he  continued  Six  Months,  and  afterwards 
sent  down  in  a  Yaught  to  Scotland  with  Sir  Hugh  Campble 
etc.  and  there  confined  Closs  prisoner  in  Edinburgh 
Tollbooth,  where  being  Called  and  examined  before  the 
Councill  and  charged  with  Conversing  with  and  advising 
the  members  of  Parliament  to  oppose  the  Duke  of  Yorks 
being  Commissioner  and  several  other  things  Relating 
thereto  of  which  there  was  no  proof,  yet  he  was  fined 
in  Six  thousand  pound  Str.  It  was  then  thought  their 
malice  would  have  gone  no  further  against  him  but  he  was 
Still  detained  Closs  prisoner,  during  which  time  he  was 
afflected  with  a  fever  of  Sex  weeks  Continuance,  and 
before  he  was  well  recovered  there  came  an  order  from 
Court  to  pursue  him  before  the  Justiciary  for  his  life.  It 
was  very  remarkable  the  thursday  night  before  he  Re- 
ceived his  indictment  he  had  some  glorious  Manefestation 
from  God,  and  on  the  friday  morning  he  wrot  out  a  note 
which  he  convey' d  by  his  keeper  to  his  Sister  Mrs.  Kirton 
in  which  he  said  6  Sister,  Praise,  praise  God  with  me  for  I 
'  have  got  such  a  glorious  Manifestation  of  God  this  night 
'  as  I  would  not  exchange  for  Many  Many  Worlds.    They  K  Chas:  th 

*  are  thirsting  after  my  blood,  which  they  will  get,  but  Some  ^^35  ebl 

*  of  the  greatest  of  them  will  live  Short  while  after." 

It  was  very  extraordinary  The  Justiciary  Court  pro- 
ceeded against  him  on  the  same  grounds  and  Reasons 
for  which  he  was  fined  by  the  Councill  without  ever  the 
Councills  Sentence  being  recalled. 

On  Munday  the  22  of  December  1684  he  received  his 
indictment  to  Appear  befor  the  Justice  Court  at  ten  a 
Clock  the  day  following,  wher  Sir  George  Lockart  was  made 
assessor  to  Sir  George  McKenzie,  then  King's  Advocat,  to 


272 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


plead  against  him.  He  was  Carried  out  in  his  nightgown 
not  being  fully  recovered  of  his  fever,  and  was  kept  in  the 
Court  untill  one  on  the  Wedindsay  morning,  returned 
again  to  prison,  appeared  before  them  again  about 
eleven  the  same  day,  and  Received  Sentence  of  death  to 
be  execute  the  very  Same  day  betwext  two  and  three  in 
the  afternoon.  When  he  returned  to  prison  after  Receiving 
his  Sentence,  he  prayed  publickly  before  all  in  the  room. 
Some  of  his  words  were  '  Lord,  we  take  this  Severe  Sentence 
from  the  land  of  man  as  a  love  token  from  the  heart  of  my 
God  This  night  Shall  I  be  a  piller  in  the  House  of  God 
to  go  furth  no  more  and  I  shall  be  with  the  Generall 
Assembly  of  the  first  born  and  with  the  Spirits  of  Just 
men  made  perfect  and  the  Mediator  of  the  new  Covenant 
which  is  best  of  all.' 

A  little  before  his  excecution  there  came  two  of  the  town 
Curats  Mr.  Trotter  and  Mr.  Londie  to  desire  access  to  him, 
but  his  Lady  and  her  sisters  told  them  none  of  them 
Should  come  there  to  trouble  him.  He  pleasantly  said  he 
would  be  content  to  Speak  with  the  brethren,  but  he  Saw 
the  Sisterhood  were  not  for  it  and  he  had  little  time  to 
Spare.  Some  of  his  fellow  prisoners  came  to  take  their 
leave  of  him,  asked  him  what  Lord  Tarras  and  others 
had  witnessed  against  him.  He  answeared,  6  Who  Could 
Remember  fire  Side  discourse  Several  years  ago.'  For  he 
could  not  Remember  whether  one  word  of  it  was  true  or 
not.  But,  tho  none  of  the  witnesses  agreed  in  any  one  point 
in  the  proof  against  him,  yet  they  Thirsted  So  much  after 
his  blood  that  it  was  resolved  this  great  and  good  man 
Should  be  made  a  Sacrifice  to  Popery  and  arbitary  power. 
He  said  also  to  some  of  his  fellow  prisoners  they  are  to  cutt 
me  in  pices  and  Send  me  thorrow  the  Country  but  do 
what  they  will  this  body  Shall  be  a  glorifyed  body  in  the 
day  of  the  Resurrection. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  273 


Memoradums  and  derections  to  Servants  and 
ruels  layd  down  by  my  Mother  both  fer  their 
diet  and  work.  Copyd  and  colected  together 
1752,  made  by  her  Deer.  1743,  and  the  derec- 
tions given  to  the  severl  Servants. 

To  the  Butler 

1.  You  must  rise  airly  in  the  morning  which,  will  make 
your  whole  business  and  houshold  accounts  easie. 

2.  Two  bells  are  to  be  rung  fer  every  meal ;  for  break-  At  the  stated 
fast  half  an  hour  after  8  and  at  9  ;  for  diner  half  an  hour  hours- 
after  1  and  at  2  ;  for  super  half  an  hour  after  8  and  at  9. 

At  the  first  bell  for  super  lay  the  bible  and  cushions  for 
prayers. 

3.  Have  bread  toasted,  butterd  tost  or  whatever  is 
orderd  for  breakfast  all  set  ready  by  the  second  bell. 

4.  Consider  your  business  and  have  a  little  forethought 
that  you  may  never  be  in  a  hurry  or  have  anything  to 
seek,  to  which  nothing  will  contribut  more  than  having 
a  fixt  and  regular  places  for  seting  every  thing  in  your 
custody  in  order,  and  never  fail  seting  every  thing  in  its 
own  place,  which  will  prevent  much  trouble  and  con- 
fution,  and  soon  make  every  thing  easie,  when  you  know 
where  to  go  derectly  for  what  you  want. 

5.  See  that  the  back  doors  of  the  Porch  be  shut  as  soon 
as  the  last  bell  rings  for  diner  and  super.  N.B. 

6.  That  all  the  servants  that  are  to  wate  at  table  be 
ready  in  the  room  before  we  come. 

7.  That  you  may  never  have  occation  to  run  out  of 
the  room  for  what  is  wanted  have  always  at  the  sideboard 
what  follows  or  any  thing  ells  you  can  foresee  there  can 
be  occation  for 

Bread  Water        peper  vinigar 

Ail  wines         mustard  shalot 

smal  Beer         sugar         oyle  sallad 

s 


274 


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N.B.  8.  Stand  at  the  sideboard  and  fill  what  is  cald  for  to 
the  other  servants  that  come  for  it,  and  never  fill,  nor  let 
any  other  do  it  in  a  dirty  glass,  but  as  soon  as  a  glass  is 
drunk  out  of,  range  it  derectly  in  the  brass  pail  which 
you  must  have  there  with  water  for  that  purpos,  then 
wype  it. 

9.  Never  let  the  dirty  knives  forks  and  spoons  go  out 
of  the  dinning  room,  but  put  them  all  in  the  box  that 
stands  for  that  use  under  the  table. 

10.  When  a  signe  is  made  to  you,  go  and  see  if  the  second 
course  is  ready,  then  come  and  take  away  all  the  first 
course  before  you  set  down  any  of  the  second. 

11.  In  like  maner  when  a  sign  is  made  take  away  the 
second  course. 

12.  Take  the  napkine  of  the  midle  of  the  table  and 
sweep  all  the  bread  and  crums  clean  of  all  round  the  table 
into  a  plate. 

13.  Have  any  desert  that  there  is  ready  to  set  doun, 
always  have  butter  and  cheese,  and  set  plates  and  knives 
round. 

14.  When  all  that  is  taken  away,  set  doun  water  to 
wash. 

15.  Then  take  away  the  cloath  and  set  doun  what  wine 
is  cald  for,  with  the  silver  marks  upon  them,  in  bottle 
boards,  and  a  decanter  of  water,  and  glasses  to  every  one 
round. 

16.  When  diner  and  super  is  over,  cary  what  leaves  of 
smal  beer  and  bread  into  the  Pantry  your  self,  and  the 
cheese,  that  nothing  may  go  to  waste. 

17.  As  soon  as  the  company  leaves  the  dining  room 
after  diner  and  super  come  imediatly  and  lock  up  what 
Liquors  are  left,  clean  your  glasses,  and  set  every  thing 
in  its  place  and  in  order. 

18.  Always  take  care  to  keep  your  doors  and  your 
cuberts  lockt  where  you  have  any  charge. 

JV.  li  19.  The  Plate  must  always  be  clean  and  bright,  which 
a  little  wiping  every  day  will  do,  when  once  it  is  made 
perfectly  clean,  which  must  not  be  by  whitening  but  a 
little  soap  suds  to  wash  it,  or  spirit  of  wine  if  it  has  got 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  275 


any  spots,  and  wiping  and  rubing  with  a  brush  and  then 
a  piece  Shambo  leather. 

20.  The  Pantry,  seler  and  Larder  and  every  thing  that 
is  under  your  care  must  be  kept  perfectly  clean  and 
sweet,  which  will  require  constant  attention,  but  if  things 
are  alowed  to  run  into  dirt  and  confution,  double  the  time 
and  pains  will  not  set  it  right,  and  every  thing  that  stands 
in  dirty  places  will  soon  grow  musty  and  stinking  and  unfit 
to  be  used. 

21.  Let  not  the  dirty  cheney  go  into  the  kitchin  till 
the  cook  be  ready  to  clean  it  and  empty  the  meat  of  them 
into  pewter  dishes  befor  it  goes  to  the  second  table,  and 
see  that  none  of  them  is  brock  when  you  put  them  by. 

22.  Who  ever  breaks  cheny,  glasses  or  bottles  let  me 
know  that  day,  otherways  thay  will  be  layd  to  your 
charge. 

23.  Be  exact  in  giving  your  pantry  cloaths  to  wash,  and 
in  geting  them  back  and  keeping  them  together. 

24.  Clean  everything  without  delay  and  put  all  your 
things  in  order  after  every  meal  and  after  tea. 

25.  Have  tea,  water  and  what  may  be  usualy  cald  for 
in  the  afternoon  ready,  that  it  may  not  be  to  wait  for. 

26.  Every  morning  clean  all  the  bottle  that  have  been 
emptyd  the  day  befor,  and  set  them  up  in  the  bottle  rack, 
this  will  save  much  trouble  and  make  cleaner  bottles, 
then  when  the  dirt  is  allowed  to  dry  in  them,  if  any  has  a 
bad  smel  or  sedement  sticking  to  them,  to  make  them  as 
sweet  and  clean  as  new,  boyle  some  wood  ashes  in  watter 
and  make  a  strong  Lee,  put  the  bottles  into  it  befor  it  is 
cold,  let  them  soak  in  it  all  night,  next  day  wash  them 
well  in  it,  then  in  clean  water,  a  few  hours  standing  in 
the  Lee  may  do  for  those  not  very  dirty,  and  hang  them 
in  the  bottle  rack  with  their  heads  down,  the  most  neces- 
sary thing  for  having  good  wine  and  ale  is  clean  bottles 
and  good  corking,  every  bottle  must  be  ranced  with  a 
little  of  the  Liquor  that  is  bottling,  and  one  bottle  of  it 
will  do  the  whole. 

27.  Be  constantly  atentive  in  looking  about  to  see 
what  any  one  wants  at  table  and  when  you  take  away  a 


276 


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dirty  plate  take  also  the  dirty  knife  and  fork  and  give  all 
clean. 

28.  You  must  keep  your  self  very  clean. 

29.  At  one  a  clock  in  the  sumer  when  the  servants  are 
at  out  work  all  the  stable  people,  carters  and  maids  go 
to  diner,  in  the  winter  they  dyn  at  the  hour  with  the  rest 
of  the  family  altogether  after  we  have  dynd,  but  in  the 
sumer  you  and  those  that  wait  at  table  must  dyn  after  us, 
both  second  table  and  later  meat  are  alowed  a  clean  table 
cloth  every  other  day,  and  you  must  see  that  all  get  their 
vituals  warm  and  in  order  without  confution  or  waste. 

N.B.  30.  You  must  see  that  all  the  servants  about  the  stables 
and  out  works  be  out  of  the  kitchin  before  ten  a  clock, 
except  when  any  of  them  is  obliged  to  wait  at  super 

N.B.  31.  The  under  butler  puts  on  the  gentlemens  fiers,  cleans 
their  boots  and  shoes,  helps  you  to  clean  every  thing,  and 
to  get  breakfast  and  to  cover  the  table,  etc. 

32.  If  any  of  the  family  is  indesposed  and  eat  in  their 
room,  require  back  from  the  person  you  gave  it  to  any 
thing  that  is  under  your  charge,  such  as  knives,  forks, 
spoons,  glasses,  linnen,  etc.,  and  never  allow  any  thing 
of  that  sort  to  go  about  the  house  or  to  be  out  of  its  proper 
place. 

33.  Deliver  carefully  back  to  the  house  keeper  what 
ever  table  linnen  you  get  from  her  and  upon  no  account 
make  any  other  use  of  them,  nor  dity  them  by  wyping 
any  thing  as  you  have  cloaths  for  every  use  you  can  want. 

34.  N.B.  Bring  up  your  Account  books  every  monday 
morning  and  lay  them  at  my  room  door. 

35.  Every  servant  gets  a  mutchkin  of  beer  every  meal, 
except  when  they  get  milk,  which  is  always  when  there 
is  any  to  give  them,  and  then  they  have  only  beer  for  their 
diner. 

36.  The  servants  gets  half  an  Oat  loaf  at  every  meal, 
or  if  it  is  broun  bread  or  Ry,  the  loaf  is  set  down  to  eat 
what  they  want,  but  no  pocketing  or  waste  alowed,  and 
that  you  must  see  to,  and  observe  these  ruels  for  bread 
and  beer,  for  your  account  of  it  must  hold  out  with  this. 

37.  N.B.  If  a  glass  of  wine  is  cald  for  to  company  bring 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  277 


as  many  glasses  on  a  salver  as  there  is  people,  and  fill  it 
befor  you  come  into  the  room,  and  leave  the  bottle  at  the 
door  in  case  more  is  wanted,  and  have  a  clean  napkin 
hung  over  your  arm. 


The  Servants  Diet 

There  is  to  be  brewed  out  of  every  Louthian  Boll  of 
Malt  20  gallons  of  small  beer,  our  coper  and  looms  brews 
2 1  bolls  at  a  time  which  is  50  gallons,  that  is  400  Scots 
pints.  From  6  furlets  of  Malt  that  is  a  Louthian  boll 
and  half  there  is  240  scots  pints  of  beer. 

pints 

17  servants  3  mutchkins  a  day  each  is  about  13 

pints  a  day  which  in  14  days  is  .  .  .  182 
For  the  table  2  pints  a  day  in  14  days  is  .  .  28 
For  second  table  2  pints  a  day  is  and  2  more    .  30 


240 

This  calculation  is  when  all  the  servants  get  beer. 

8  stone  of  meal  or  broun  flower  should  fully  serve  17 
servants  eight  days. 

There  is  30  loves  out  of  the  stone  of  Oat  meal,  the  same 
reckoning  to  be  made  of  broun  flower  or  Ry,  backt  in  half 
peck,1  loaves.  Beef  salted  for  the  servants  is  cut  in  pieces 
of  as  many  pounds  as  there  are  common  servants,  if  15, 
every  pice  is  15  pounds,  no  alowence  in  that  for  the  second 
table,  they  geting  what  comes  from  the  first  table. 

Sunday  they  have  boild  beef  and  broth  made  in  the 
great  pot,  and  always  the  broth  made  to  serve  two  days. 

Monday  broth  made  on  Sunday  and  a  Herring. 

Teusday  broth  and  Beef. 

Wednesday  broth  and  2  egs  each. 

Thursday  Broth  and  beef. 

Fry  day  Broth  and  Herring. 


1  This  should  surely  be  half  pound  ;  a  peck  is  a  measure  of  capacity  containing 
about  two  stones. 


278  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Saterday  broth  without  meat,  and  cheese,  or  a  puden  or 
blood  pudens,  or  a  hagish,  or  what  is  most  convenient. 

In  the  big  pot  for  the  2  days  broth  is  alowed  2  pound 
of  barly  or  grots,  or  half  and  half. 

Breakfast  and  super  half  an  oat  loaf  or  a  proportion  of 
broun  bread,  but  better  set  down  the  loaf,  and  see  non  is 
taken  or  wasted,  and  a  muchkin  of  beer  or  milk  when 
ever  there  is  any.    at  diner  a  mutchkin  of  beer  for  each.1 


Derections  for  the  House  Keeper 

The  servants  diet  belongs  to  her  charge  but  I  chose  to 
put  it  altogether. 

To  get  up  airly  is  most  necessary  to  see  that  all  the 
maids  and  other  servants  be  about  their  proper  business, 
a  constant  care  and  attention  is  required  to  every  thing 
that  there  be  no  waste  nor  any  thing  neglected  that  should 
be  don. 

The  dayry  carefully  lookt  after,  you  to  keep  the  kie  of 
the  inner  milk  house  where  the  butter  and  milk  is,  see 
the  butter  weighted  when  churn'd,  and  salt  what  is  not 
wanted  fresh,  to  help  to  make  the  cheese  and  every  now 
and  then  as  often  as  you  have  time  to  be  at  the  milking 
of  the  cows. 

Keep  the  maids  closs  at  their  spining  till  9  at  night 
when  they  are  not  washing  or  at  other  necessary  work, 
weight  out  to  them  exactly  the  soap,  and  often  go  to  the 
wash  house  to  see  it  is  not  wasted  but  made  the  proper 
use  of,  and  that  there  be  no  linnen  washt  there  but  those 
of  the  family  that  are  alowed  to  do  it.  often  see  that 
they  waste  not  fire  either  in  the  wash  house  or  Landry 
and  that  the  Landry  be  keept  clean. 

Take  care  that  the  Cooks  waste  not  butter,  spices,  nor 


1  From  the  data  here  given  ihe  cost  of  feeding  a  servant  would  seem  to  have 
amounted  to  about  3d.  per  diem,  made  up  thus:  bread  f^d.,  beer  £§d.,  meat 
ffTjd->  eggs  or  herrings  £$d.,  barley  J|d.,  sundries  ^d. — total  Vo^.  =  3d.  In 
this  calculation  oats  are  taken  at  10s.  per  boll,  barley  at  3d.  per  lb.,  malt  at 
15s.  per  boll,  eggs  at  2d.  per  dozen,  and  meat  at  2d.  per  lb. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  279 


any  thing  amongst  their  hands,  nor  embasel  it,  and  that 
the  kitchin  fire  be  carefully  lookt  after  and  no  waste,  let 
it  be  getherd  after  diner  and  the  cinders  throwen  up  that 
non  be  throwen  out,  neither  from  that  nor  by  the  Chamber 
maid. 

Make  the  kitchin  maid  keep  all  the  places  you  have 
lookt  up  very  clean,  also  the  kitchin,  Hal  and  passages, 
and  see  the  Cook  feed  the  fouls  that  are  put  up  right  and 
keep  them  clean  or  they  can  never  be  fat  nor  good. 

To  take  care  the  house  be  kept  clean  and  in  order,  help 
to  sheet  and  make  the  straingers  beds,  that  the  beds  and 
sheets  be  dry  and  well  aird.  get  account  from  the  chamber 
maid  of  what  candles  she  gets  from  you  for  the  rooms  and 
see  there  be  no  waste  of  candle  nor  fire  any  where. 

Keep  the  kie  of  the  cole  house  but  when  it  is  wanted  to 
get  out  coals,  but  be  sur  it  be  always  lockt  at  night,  that 
the  Turf  stack  be  not  tred  down  but  burnt  even  forward, 
let  them  fill  all  their  places  with  coals  at  once,  that  the 
kie  be  not  left  in  the  door. 

To  make  scimed  milk  cheese  for  the  use  of  the  family 
when  ever  there  is  milk  enough  for  it.  when  there  are 
more  cows  then  the  dairy  maid  can  milk  so  soon  as  they 
shoud  be,  let  Grisell  Wait  or  any  other  in  the  toun  I  shall 
name  help  her  and  get  for  doing  it  a  pint  of  scim'd  milk 
a  day. 

As  every  thing  is  weighted  to  you  give  out  nothing  but 
by  weight. 

6  ounces  pruens  for  Cockaleekie  or  stove. 

6  oun.  Makerony  for  a  smal  dish,  8  oun.  larger. 

6  oun.  vermiceli  for  a  soup. 

a  pound  peas  for  a  puden  or  soup. 

for  best  short  bread  8  lb.  flower  3  lb.  butter,  second 
short  bread  8  lb.  flower  2  lb.  butter. 

For  a  bun  of  5  lb  flower  1  lb  butter,  2  lb  raisins,  1  lb 
curants,  4  ounces  caraway  seed,  4  ounces  sugar  and  barm. 

The  servants  sheets  is  changed  once  a  munth. 
One  week  the  body  linnin  is  washt,  the  second  week 
table  and  bed  linnin  and  always  bouckt  when  the  weather 


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will  alow  of  it,  the  third  week  the  landry  maids  must  be 
keept  closs  at  spining  and  at  all  times  when  they  have  not 
other  necessary  business,  such  as  Hay  and  Harvest  and 
the  Barn  which  the  dairy  maid  goes  to  when  she  has  a 
moments  time  for  it,  and  always  to  the  miln  with  any 
melder.  the  dairy  maid,  house  maid  and  kitchin  maid 
always  to  spine  when  they  are  not  otherways  necessarly 
imployd  which  they  will  often  pretend  to  be  if  they  are 
not  diligently  lookt  after  and  keep  to  it. 

Thomas  Yool,  George  Carter  and  postilion  do  not  wash 
in  the  house  nor 

John  Hume  the  Carter. 

The  other  men  servants  wash  in  the  house  or  out  of  the 
house  as  I  can  agree  for  them,  but  not  at  a  certainty, 
when  washt  out  I  give  lOsh.  a  year  for  each  of  them. 

All  the  scim'd  milk  that  can  be  spaird  after  serving  the 
family  or  when  cheese  is  not  made  of  it,  to  be  measurd 
and  sent  to  Grisell  Wait  who  sells  it  and  accounts  for  it, 
or  gives  it  away  to  such  poor  people  in  the  toun  as  I  give 
her  a  note  of.  but  non  of  them  to  come  about  the  doors 
for  it. 

Take  care  there  be  no  hangers  on,  nor  santering  odd 
people  come  about  the  house,  but  those  that  have  business 
and  that  not  at  male  time,  which  they  will  always  do  if 
not  hinder d. 

See  that  all  the  maids  keep  their  dusters  and  washing 
clouts  dry  and  in  order,  and  not  let  them  ly  about  in  hols 
wet,  which  soon  rots  and  makes  an  end  of  them. 

See  that  every  one  keeps  what  is  in  their  charge  in  there 
proper  stated  places,  then  nothing  will  be  out  of  order,  or 
to  seek  when  wanted,  nor  any  hurry. 

In  general  to  keep  all  the  servants  in  order,  with  some 
authority  and  make  them  obay  you  and  do  their  duty 
without  feed  or  favour  to  any,  and  to  look  after  every 
thing  with  the  same  care  and  faithfulness  as  if  it  was 
your  own,  then  few  things  can  go  wrong,  if  diffident  or 
ignorant  of  any  thing,  ask  derections  from  me  or  Mrs. 
Menzies  or  any  that  can  inform  you. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  281 


EXTRACTS  FROM  BOOK  MARKED 
'  BILLS  OF  FAIR  ' 1 


Lord  Orknays,2  Oct.  12,  1715 

Peas  soup  relief    hame  and 


boyld  chickens 
with  bate  butter 
and  slices  of  bread 
and  limon 


pidgion  py 


sewd  bief  very 
tender  with  sallarly 


spinich 
stacks  with  minst 
meat  about  them 


pickled  sols 


aples 
Chestons 
pears 


Rosted  Turkie 


4  rosted  partrages 


friassy    of  cocks- 
combs and 
sweat  breads 


milk  in  a  boill 
confections 
milk 


pears 
peald  walnuts 
aples 


-    1  There  are  one  hundred  and  seventy  of  these. 

2  Lord  George  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Orkney,  fifth  son  of  the  Duke  of  Hamilton, 
one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Bedchamber  to  George  I.  He  married  Mrs.  Villiers, 
William  iii.'s  mistress,  after  the  death  of  Queen  Mary.  She  is  commemorated 
by  Swift  for  her  wisdom  and  ugliness,  and  according  to  Lady  Mary  Wortley 
■Montagu  she  drew  the  greatest  number  of  eyes  at  the  coronation  of  George  II. 
"  She  exposed  behind  a  mixture  of  fat  and  wrinkles,  and  before  a  very  consider- 
able protuberance  which  preceded  her.  Add  to  this  the  inimitable  roll  of  her 
eyes  and  her  gray  hairs,  which  by  good  fortune  stood  directly  upright,  and  'tis 
impossible  to  imagine  a  more  delightful  spectacle.' 


282  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Duck  of  montroses  1  super 

Scots  collips  w* 
marow  and  black 
pudins  about  them 
friasy  rabits  rost  cheas 

ratafia  cream  frut  earned  cream 

rost  small 
wild  foull 


Sunday,  Christenmas  1715,  w*  9  of  our  f rinds  14  at  table 

in  all. 

Plumb  patage  with  sagoe  and 
a  few  frute 
relief  minsht  pys 


fricascy  chickens 


Bran  2 
rost  bief 


plumb  puden 


cold  toung 


butter  and  chease 

aples 
chestons 


a  rost  goos 

Bran 
wild  foull 


Desert 
Ratafia  cream 
sillibubs 


Jellys 


oyster  loves 


Jacolet  walnuts 
and  almonds 
stewd  pears 

butter  and  chease 


1  James  Graham,  fourth  Marquis  and  first  Duke  of  Montrose,  at  this  time 
Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  Scotland,  married  Lady  Christian  Carnegy,  second 
daughter  of  David,  Earl  of  Northesk.  The  Duke  and  Duchess  seem  to  have 
been  very  intimate  friends  of  the  Baillies,  as  their  names  occur  frequently  in  the 
Accounts.  Lockhart  was  not  unnaturally  very  sore  at  the  Duke  becoming  a 
Whig,  and  sums  up  his  character  as  follows :  '  He  was  a  man  of  good  under- 
standing yet  was  led  by  the  nose  by  a  set  of  men  whom  he  far  surpassed,  and 
never  in  all  his  by-past  life  did  one  material  action  that  was  prudent  and 
discreet.  His  courage  upon  certain  accounts  was  much  questioned,  but  his 
unsincerity  and  falseness  allowed  by  all.'  2  Brawn. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  283 


Lord  Orfoords,1  28  Decr. 


rost  bief  on  by  table 
cut  by  servants 

2  partrages 
and  partrages  hasht 
ragow  hogs  feet 


Chestnuts 
butter  and  cheese 


sup 
rost  mutton 


Bisquet 


2  ser 


Deseart. 
Jellys 

Confections 

Jellys 


a  relief  2  young  geas 


Ragow  cokscoms 

rosted  larks  and 
other  small  birds 

aples 
butter  and  cheese 

oranges 


Bishop  Sarums  2  Christenmas  Dinr. 

Plumb  patage      relief  Scots  colops  cokscombs 
little  bals  and  sawsages 


fricasey  forst 
meat 
and  other 
things 


Bisquets 


stwd  aples 


Bran 
Rost  Bieff 


Minsht  pys 
Bran  stood  still 
a  side  of  lame 


Deseart 

sillibubs 
Jellys 
Pears  oranges 


orange  pudine 


Larks  rosted 


stwd  pears 


Bisquits 


1  Edward  Russel,  Earl  of  Orford,  at  this  time  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty. 

2  Dr.  Gilbert  Burnet,  Lord  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  chaplain  to  William  in. 
His  mother  was  a  sister  of  George  Baillie's  grandmother,  so  they  were  first 
cousins  once  removed.  As  Bishop  Sarum  died  on  17th  March  1 7 1 5  the  dinner 
recorded  must  have  been  his  last  Christmas  dinner. 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


1715 

Janr.  at  home,  8  at  table  w*  the  duck  of  Montros.1 

Broth  relief  of  salmond 

pudens  hages 
sheap  head 


2 

checken  py 

Lobsters  peas 
2  rosted  turkies 


Duke  of  Roxburgh,2  January  3,  1715. 

soup  with  a  foull         relief  of  fish 
fricascy  chickens  little  py  of  cocks  combs 

lams  stons 

leg  rost  mutton 
2^ 

Rosted  wild  foull  4  or  5 
sparagrasse        athine  aple  py  dry'd  whitiens 

a  rosted  turkie 


Deseart 
Limon  Cream 
dry'd  aples  chestons 
confections 

shelld  walnots  Jellys  pears 

1  See  p.  282. 

2  John,  fifth  Earl  and  first  Duke  of  Roxburgh,  at  this  time  Secretary  of  State 
for  Scotland.  He  married  Lady  Mary  Finch,  only  child  of  Daniel,  Ear*  of 
Winchelsea  and  Nottingham,  and  widow  of  William  Savile,  Marquis  of  Halifax. 
His  Grace  had  been  very  closely  associated  with  Baillie  at  the  time  of  the  passing 
of  the  Act  of  Union,  being  one  of  the  inner  circle  who  directed  the  voting  of  the 
*  Squadrone  Volante.'  Lockhart  describes  him  as  follows:  '  He  was  a  man  of 
good  sense  improven  by  so  much  reading  and  learning  that  perhaps  he  was  the 
best  accomplished  young  man  of  quality  in  Europe,  and  had  so  charming  a  way 
of  expressing  his  thoughts  that  he  pleased  even  those  'gainst  whom  he  spoke.' 
The  Duchess  of  Roxburgh  was  said  to  be  the  original  of  the  Roxana  of  Lady 
Mary  Wortley  Montagu's  Town  eclogue. 


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Gen1  Erles,1  10  May  1715 
Green  Soup 

Makrell  colopes 
hens  w*  colloflour 


2^ 

Rost  hear 

soles  tartes 
green  peas 


Mr.  Mitchels,  Feb.  29,  1716. 

Soup  relief  salmon 

fricascy  of  rabits  a  py 

rost  a  saddle  of  mutton 


2nd 

3  rost  ducklins 

rague  sweat  breads  sparagras 
truffle  and  morels 

4  rost  chickens 


April  1717.    Duck    and    Duck    Montrose    Lord 2  and 

Lady  Rothes 

Soup    relief  cods  head  with  alle  sauce 
fricascy  rabits  natle  cale        3  boyld  chickens 

boyld  hame 


1  General  Erles.  Probably  Colonel  Giles  Earle,  distinguished  both  in  war 
and  politics.  He  attached  himself  first  to  the  Duke  of  Argyle,  and  was  known 
as  'the  Duke  of  Argyll's  Erie.'  He  was  appointed  in  1718  groom  of  the  Prince 
of  Wales's  bedchamber,  and  afterwards  filled  several  other  posts.  He  was  a 
coarse  humorist  who  played  for  his  own  hand,  and  eventually  became  more  or 
less  the  tool  of  Walpole. 

2  John  Leslie,  eighth  Earl  of  Rothes,  eldest  son  of  the  fifth  Earl  of  Hadding- 
ton by  the  elder  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Rothes,  who  left  no  sons.   On  succeed- 


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2nd 

a  rosted  fillet  of  bief  Larded  with  a  rague  of  sweat 
breads  under  it 
Ptansy  Crawfish  limon  puden 

rague  sweatbreads  sparagrass 

8  rost  ducks 


Deseart 
ratafia  cream  and  gellies 
chestnuts  cheas  butter 

oranges  confections  aples 

cheas  pistoches 
sillibubs 


1718,  26  May,  At  Mr.  Jhonstons.1 

soup  with  a  foule 
relief  boyld  hame  and  pidgeons 
beans  and  bacon  fricasey  of  chikens 

rost  veall  with  rague  saus 
relief  of  rost  mutton 


ing  to  the  earldom  of  Rothes  he  assumed  the  surname  of  Leslie,  and  resigned 
the  earldom  of  Haddington  to  his  younger  brother.  He  married  Lady  Jean 
Hay,  daughter  of  John,  second  Marquis  of  Tweeddale.  He  was  another  of  the 
Whigs  for  whom  Lockhart  had  not  a  good  word  to  say,  *  being  false  to  a  degree, 
a  contemner  of  honour  and  engagements,  extremely  ambitious,  ridiculous,  vain, 
and  conceited  (tho'  of  very  ordinary  parts  and  accomplishments),  extravagantly 
proud  and  scandalously  mercenary.' 

1  Son  of  Sir  Archibald  Johnston,  Lord  Wariston  (executed  1663),  and  uncle 
of  George  Baillie.  He  was  for  many  years  Secretary  of  State  for  Scotland  under 
William  and  Mary,  but  was  dismissed  over  the  Darien  Scheme  in  1696.  He 
was  generally  known  as  *  Secretary  Johnston,'  and  at  one  time  was  probably 
the  most  unpopular  man  in  Scotland.  Lockhart  cannot  find  words  in  which  to 
express  his  hate  and  contempt  for  that  '  vile  and  execrable  wretch,'  who  never- 
theless was  1  much  esteemed '  by  Queen  Caroline  for  his  humour  and  pleasantry. 
He  married  Catherine  Poulett,  daughter  of  the  second  Baron  Poulett,  and  lived 
latterly  at  Orleans  House,  Twickenham,  where  he  cultivated  fruit  and  enter- 
tained royalty.  Lady  Grisell's  accounts  show  that  many  barrels  of  herrings 
were  sent  to  him  from  Scotland  by  his  dutiful  nephew  George  Baillie. 


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frayd  eles 
archocks 


Milk 
strawberes 
milk 


2  Cour$ 
a  goos 
tarts 
3  chickens 


peas 
cold  salmond 


Dessert 

Milk 

Chirries 

silibubs  with  strawberres 
sweet  meats 
oranges  milk 


Augst  1718.    Lord  Sundrelands,1  4  folks  at  table 

Soup  without  anything  init 
Hog  potch  of  bief  mutton  veall 

2 

boyld  sols 
fricasy  chickens 


3 

Rost  fillet  bief 
puden 


4 

4  patriedges 
bottams  of  Raeteehocks 

2  young  hairs 


Desert 

frut  sillibubs 
frut  frut 

Limon  cream 

1  Charles  Spencer,  third  Earl  of  Sunderland,  married,  first,  Lady  Arabella 
Cavendish,  fifth  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  and,  second,  Lady  Anne 
Churchill,  second  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Marlborough.  He  was  at  this  time 
First  Lord  of  the  Treasury.  He  was  a  great  book  collector,  and  a  most  un- 
attractive character.    His  son  succeeded  as  Duke  of  Marlborough. 


broyld  eells 


frut 
frut 


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Dinner  at  Sir  William  Bairds,  30  Dess.  1718 
brown  soup 
chached  calfs  head 

2nd 
stewd  carp 
asalray  seld  1 
rost  Lame. 


3rd 

fasond  with  Larks  about  it  mintched 
pys  jellies  bran 

salmond  scoloped  oysters 

gundie  partrages 
with  pickels  and  wood  cocks. 


Lord  Anadall,2  29  January  1719,  10  at  table 
Brown  Soup 
Relief  fish 

backed  pudins  stewed  Breast  of  veall 

Beef  or  Mutton  py 
stewed  fillet  of  boyled  chickens 

Beef 

whit  soup 
relief  boyld  Turkie  with 
forsed  balls  and  sagages 


1  A  celery  salad. 

2  William  Johnstone,  third  Earl  and  first  Marquis,  married,  first,  Sophia, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Fairholm  of  Craigiehall,  Linlithgowshire,  and, 
second,  Charlotte  Vanhose,  only  child  of  John  Vanden  Bempole.  *  He  was  a 
man  framed  and  cut  out  for  business,  extremely  capable  and  assiduous ;  of  a 
proud,  aspiring  temper,  and  when  his  affairs  and  politics  went  right,  haughty  to- 
a  great  degree  ;  and  vice  versa  the  civillest,  complaisantest  man  alive,  and  a 
great  affecter  of  popularity.' — Lockhari's  Papers.  He  played  for  his  own  hand, 
and  was  trusted  by  neither  party. 


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2^  C. 

Phesan  and  partrage 
sparagras  scoloped  oysters 

aple  tart  w*  cream 
ragu  of  sweet  broyled  salmond, 

bread  and  cockscombs 

3  Ducklins 


Desert 

a  salver  with  sweet  meats 
stweed  pears  pistosenuts 
butter  chees 
sillibubs  and  jellies     a  lagere  salver     sillibubs  and  jellies 
wt  sweet  meats 
cheese  butter 
pistashe  nuts  stweed  aples 

a  salver  with  sweet  meats 


super 
confections 

Lobster  rost  lame 

silibubs  and  jellies      a  ring  w*  wild      silibubs  and  jellies 
foull  collops  and  pickles  etc. 
bran  cold  tart 

confections 


febr  23,  1719.    Super  att  home  D  and  Ducthess  of 
Montross  Lord  and  Ladye  forster. 

4  rost  chickens 
salmond  collops 
Candles 

eating  poset  fatafia  cream 

pattie  a  salver  w*  jellies  and        a  hair  ragud 

sillie  bubess 

T 


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sago  lemon  hatted 

kit1 

Candles 

frecasy  veals  drest  Lobsters 

feet  3  Ducklines 


At  home    Lady  Mary  Worthly.2 
A  soup  with  Marrabon 


2 

boyld  lam 
a  plum  pudine 


3 

rost  turkie  with  mushrom  sauce 
and  pickles  w*  a  litle  bread 


Desert 
Curds 

pears  Jelly  aples 

cream 


1  Hatted  Kit,  a  preparation  of  milk,  etc.,  with  a  creamy  top.  1  Make  2 
quarts  of  new  milk  scalding  hot,  and  pour  upon  it  quickly  4  quarts  of  fresh 
butter  milk ;  let  it  stand  without  stirring  till  it  becomes  cold  and  firm,  then  take 
off  the  hat  or  upper  part,  drain  it  in  a  hair  sieve,  put  it  into  a  shape  for  half-an- 
hour,  turn  it  into  a  dish,  and  serve  with  cream  and  sugar.' — Stevens's  Farm  Book, 
1855,  vol.  ii.  p.  299. 

2  The  famous  Lady  Mary  Pierrepont,  eldest  daughter  of  Evelyn,  first  Duke 
of  Kingston,  and  the  Lady  Mary  Fielding,  daughter  of  William,  Earl  of 
Denbigh.  She  married  Edward  Wortley  Montagu,  eldest  son  of  the  Honour- 
able Sydney  Montagu.  She  was  at  this  time  a  great  friend  of  Lady  Murray, 
nte  Grisell  Baillie,  a  friendship  which  came  to  an  end  a  few  years  afterwards. 
In  1721  'the  peace  of  Mrs.  Murray's  family  had  been  painfully  broken  in 
consequence  of  the  brutality  of  a  servant  of  her  brother-in-law,  Lord  Binning, 
who,  in  a  fit  of  drunkenness,  burst  into  her  bedchamber  in  the  middle  of  the 
night  and  threatened  to  put  her  instantly  to  death  if  she  ventured  to  resist  his 
violence.  With  great  courage  and  presence  of  mind  she  succeeded  in  alarming 
and  calling  up  the  family  ;  but  for  this  crime,  which  was  held  to  be  a  capital 
burglary,  the  man  was  condemned  to  death,  though  afterwards  his  punishment 


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21  [Nov*  1719].    Lady  Hindfoord,1  Ld  Sutherland.2 
10  at  table. 

1.  Broth  sheaps  head  boyld  goos  and  a  hagis 

2.  rost  veal  2  casterlings  limon  pudine  collerd  pig  the 
relief  was  fish 

Confections  and  Jellys. 


14  Decmr  (1719).    Super  at  Mr.  Cockburn  11  at  table 
22  persons  in  al. 

head,  eating  poset  in  cheana  high  dish,  foot,  hauch 
venison,  one  side  backd  pudine,  2  partrages  and  larks, 
midle  litl  dish  with  sallory  sellet  made  and  unmade, 
othe[r]  sd  veal  collops  white  sauce,  2  boyd  pullets  w* 
persley  sauce  in  the  midle  pickles  of  other  sort  than  the 
comon  ones 

In  the  midle  of  the  table  a  pirimide  sillibubs  and  orang 
cream  in  the  past,  above  it  sweet  meets  dry  and  wet. 


was  commuted  for  transportation.  On  the  subject  of  this  escape,  Lady  Mary 
thought  fit  to  exercise  her  wicked  wit  in  an  infamous  ballad,  which  of  course 
she  loudly  disclaimed  all  knowledge  of,  but  of  which  her  own  letters  to  her  sister 
Lady  Mary  plainly  enough  betray  her  to  have  been  the  writer.  .  .  .  The  subject 
is  repeatedly  alluded  to  in  the  printed  collection  of  her  letters,  and  still  more 
pointedly  in  some  of  those  that  have  not  been  published.' — Appendix  to  Lady 
Murray's  Memoirs. 

1  Lady  Hyndford,  daughter  of  John,  fifth  Earl  of  Lauderdale,  and  wife  of 
James  Carmichael,  second  Earl  of  Hyndford. 

2  John  Gordon,  sixteenth  Earl  of  Sutherland.  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trade.  Took  a  leading  part  in  suppressing  the '15.  'He  is  a  very  honest 
man,  a  great  asserter  of  the  liberties  of  the  people,  hath  a  good  rough  sense,  is 
open  and  free,  a  great  lover  of  the  bottle  and  of  his  friend,  brave  in  his  person 
which  he  hath  shown  in  several  duels,  too  familiar  for  his  quality,  and  often 
keeps  company  below  it.' — Mackay.    He  married  three  times. 


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5  June  (1720)  Mr.  Wallop  1  and  8  at  table 

1.  Barly  broth  with  lambs  head 

2.  a  chean  rost  mutton 

3.  a  dish  turbet 

4.  Chickens,  hair,  peas  and  cold  toung 

Deseart 
Milk,  strawberies,  Sillibubs 


June  21st.    Earle  of  Staires  2  and  eleven  at  Table  3 

Scots  Broth 
Remove  of  Turbet  and  broild  salmond 
muton  collups  Pigen  py  chickins  boyld 

Boyld  Lamb  and  French  beans 
2  Turkie  poults. 


Mushrooms  Peas 
Cheries  Tart 
Lobsters  cream  loafs, 

a  goose. 

Desert  and 
Cream  Jellies  strawberies 
Cheries  swetmeats  allmond-cream 
Lemon  Cream 

1  John  Wallop,  afterwards  first  Earl  of  Portsmouth,  at  this  time  M.P.  for 
Hampshire,  and  a  Lord  of  the  Treasury.  He  was  created  Baron  Wallop  and 
Viscount  Lymington  on  n  June  1720,  a  few  days  after  the  date  of  this  dinner. 

2  John  Dalrymple,  second  Earl  of  Stair,  famous  both  as  a  general  and  as  a 
diplomatist.  At  this  time  he  must  have  just  returned  from  his  brilliant  embassy 
to  Paris.  He  married  Eleanor,  Viscountess  Primrose,  daughter  of  the  second 
Earl  of  Loudon,  and  widow  of  James,  first  Viscount  Primrose.  The  curious 
phantasmagoria  of  the  death  of  her  first  husband  in  Rotterdam  seen  by  her  in 
Edinburgh  was  the  origin  of  Sir  Walter  Scott's  '  My  Aunt  Margaret's  Mirror/ 
and  the  circumstances  of  her  marriage  with  Lord  Stair  were  almost  as  peculiar. 

3  This  Menu  is  not  in  Lady  Grisell's  hand. 


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15  July  1720.    At  the  Princess  1 
the  Lady  of  the  bed  chambers  Table  at  Richmond, 
9  at  table 
a  white  soup  with  hearbs 
salt      rosted  mutton 
sids      fish  a  large  Mackerall 
fricassy  chickens 
bacon  and  beans 
a  chicken  py 
midle  a  piece  bief  stewd  whole 
no  relief 


2 

2  pullets  at  top 
6  pigions  at  foot 
sids  peas 

broyled  herins  with  butter  souce 

lopsters 

beans 

tart  in  the  midle 
Deseart 
a  big  dish  in  the  Midle  with 
connections  and  frute  only 

22  June    Prince  Wales  Duchess  Shrosberries  2  Table. 
13  at  one  and  6  at  a  litle. 
midle  soup  with  peas 
top      boyld  Lamb 
foot     rost  mutton 
one  sd  fish  boyld  chicken  rague 
side     pigion  py,  veal  colep,  fricassy 

1  Carolina  Wilhelmina,  Princess  of  Wales,  daughter  of  the  Markgraf  of 
Anspach. 

2  Duchess  of  Shrewsbury.  One  of  the  Ladies-in-Waiting  on  the  Princess  of 
Wales.  According  to  Lady  Cowper  she  was  rather  forced  on  the  princess  by 
the  king,  but  she  4  had  some  extraordinary  talents,  and  it  was  impossible  to 
hate  her  so  much  as  her  Lord.  .  .  .  She  had  a  wonderful  art  at  entertaining  and 
diverting  people,  though  she  would  sometimes  exceed  the  bounds  of  decency. 
She  had  a  great  memory,  had  read  a  good  deal,  and  spoke  three  languages  to 
perfection.' — Diary  of  Lady  Cowper. 


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2  Course 
midle  tart  with  cream 
top  pullets 

foot     pigions  and  partrage 

side     sturgen,  venson  pasty  peas 

side     fryd  sols,  frensh  beans,  lopsters 

Deseart 

2  big  dishes  frute  and  confections. 


20  Novr  1722  at  Ld  Carlils,1  7  at  Table. 

1.  A  Dish  stewd  Meat  muton  bief  veall  and  crimp  cod, 
the  fish  set  up  and  rost  beaff  set  down  with  gravie  sauce 
boyld  with  shalot  on  one  side  and  bitrowes  w*  oyl  and 
veniger  on  the  other  side  in  litle  chena  hollow  plates 

2.  A  pigion  py  and  Mutton  collips  stewd  Ld.  Rothes  way 

3.  5  Ashiets  ;  3  teel,  squab  pigions,  scollopd  oysters, 
fryd  smelts  and  butterd  scorsonera  or  something  of  that 
kind  hertickhos  cut  in  thin  slices  will  do  better  it  was 
cream  bet  up  with  butter  was  on  it 

4.  rid  herin  and  tarts  butter  on  one  side  and  cheas 
on  the  other 

5.  Deseart :  oranges,  apels,  pears,  and  chestons  all  the 
dishes  litle  and  very  neat  no  case  with  knives  on  the 
by  table. 


17  Decmr.    10  at  a  big  table    Ld  Carlile,1  etc.  1722. 

1st.  7  dishes  2  soups,  a  terean,  stewd  pigions  w*  sweat 
breads  mushrooms  etc.  with  a  sauce  half   rague  half 

1  Charles  Howard,  third  Earl  of  Carlisle,  at  this  time  Constable  of  the 
Tower  of  London.  He  held  several  important  posts  under  Whig  Administra- 
tions.   He  married  Lady  Anne  Capel,  daughter  of  Arthur,  first  Earl  of  Essex. 


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fricassy,  a  litle  py  of  toungs  etc.  veall  a  la  dob  with 
spinag  sauce  a  boyld  pullet  sallary  sauc 

2  Releaffes  a  whole  turbot  and  fryd  smelts  and  rosted 
veal 

Rost  Bieff  on  the  By  table  for  any  that  cald  for  it 

2nd.  7  Dish  a  Turkie,  a  Phesant,  snyps,  partrages,  a 

wild  duck  and  larks  round 

3d.  7  Dish  in  chena  a  large  dish  crawfish,  a  tart,  fryd 

soils,  Blang  mange,  sallary  and  chease,  sparagrass,  lambs 

livers  whole  w*  sauce 

Deseart 

Aples  in  cyrop  and  pears  stewd  in  a  round  glass  in 

raw  ones  round  with  a  foot  and  raw  pears  round 

them 

Jelluy  6  glasses  3  of  biskets 
hipd  as  high  betwixt  each 
2  glasses,  a  high  scaloped  glass 
in  midle  wet  orang  chips 
Milk  in         candle  candle        bowl  milk 

china  bowl  but  I     in  midle  wet  orang  chips 
think  glas  as  good  salver  confections  in  the 

middle 

carrans  in  cyrop  the  like  below  aples  with  cyrop  and 
and  raw  pears  round  raw  ones  round 

1725,  January  22    Duke  Hamilton  1  Ld  Twedle  2 
Rothes 3  Selkirk  4    10  at  Ta. 
2  end  Dishes  soup  and  Lamb    Midle  dish  bieff  py  in 
blood  one  ashiet  in  each  salt  tung  w*  red  cabage  and 
sasages  and  boyld  Turkie  with  salary  sauce. 
2  Reliefs  salmond  and  sadle  of  Mutton 

1  James,  fifth  Duke  of  Hamilton,  married,  first,  Anne,  daughter  of  the  fourth 
Earl  of  Dundonald ;  second,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Strangeways  ;  and 
third,  Anne,  daughter  of  Edward  Spencer. 

2  Lord  Tweeddale.  John  Hay,  fourth  Marquess,  one  of  the  Representative 
Peers  in  six  Parliaments.  He  married  in  1748  Frances,  daughter  of  John,  Earl 
Granville.  3  See  note  2,  p.  285. 

4  Lord  Selkirk.  Charles  Douglas,  formerly  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Selkirk,  one 
of  the  Lords  of  the  Bedchamber  to  the  king  ;  died  unmarried. 


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2nd  Service 

partrage  and  wood  cock    young  Ducklins  for  end  dishes 
the  midle  dish  aple  py  with  cream 
2  ashiets  on  each  side,  rague  with  sweat  bread,  Aspara- 
grass  rost  oysters  on  Squers  and  marrow  pudine 

Deseart    Jelly  ratafia  cream    sweat  meats  frute  etc. 

Mr.  Dundas  of  that  Ilk  1  Jan.  25    Mr.  Dundas  Advocate  2 
Sr.  G.  Eliot  3  and  Lady 
At  the  2  ends  soup  and  rost  Mutton  pickles  in  the 
midle,  ane  ashet  on  each  side,  salt  toung  and  fricassy  of 
rabets,  relieff  of  salmond. 


2nd  Course 

ends  2  Ducklins,  a  Rague  of  sweatbread  pallets  etc., 
Midle  dish  aple  py  with  cream 

2  ashets  on  each  side,  Tanzie,  fricassy  ousters,  caparata, 
Lamb. 

Deseart,  confections,  frute,  etc. 


April  12,  1725.    At  the  Duke  Chandes4  howse  at 

Cannons.    A  Duson  at  Table. 
1st.  a  broun  soup  and  a  white  soup,  fricassy,  pudine, 
broun  rague,  and  collo'pes,  ane  Eparn  in  the  Midle. 

1  Mr.  George  Dundas  of  that  Ilk,  advocate,  at  this  time  M.P.  for  Linlith- 
gowshire, married  Alison,  daughter  of  Brigadier-General  Bruce  of  Kennet. 

2  Mr.  Robert  Dundas,  advocate,  eldest  son  of  Robert  Dundas  of  Arniston. 
He  was  at  this  time  M.P.  for  the  county  of  Edinburgh.  He  became  Lord 
President  of  the  Court  of  Session  in  1748. 

3  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot  of  Minto,  second  Baronet,  son  of  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot.  (See 
p.  221.)  He  was  at  this  time  M.P.  for  Roxburgh,  afterwards  a  Lord  of  Session 
as  Lord  Minto.  He  was  interested  in  music,  arboriculture,  etc.  He  married 
Helen  Stewart  of  Allanbank.  His  daughter  Jean  was  the  authoress  of  the 
'  Flowers  of  the  Forest. ' 

4  Duke  of  Chandos.  James  Brydges,  first  Duke  of  Chandos,  built  a  magnifi- 
cent house  at  Canons  near  Edgware,  where  this  dinner  took  place.  According 
to  Defoe  there  were  one  hundred  and  twenty  persons  in  family,  and  the  choir 
entertained  them  every  day  at  dinner.  Pope  is  said  to  have  drawn  his  Timon's 
Villa  from  this  house. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  297 


[Bills  of  Fare] 

Reliefs  2  salmond,  Lamb,  and  Chickens. 

2d.  3  rings  with  5  plates  4  low  and  one  higher  in  the 
midle  in  each,  1st  ring  a  green  goose  a  chicken,  a  Rabet. 

the  midle  ring,  blang  Mangie  and  broun  Mangie,  brunt 
cream,  custart  white  and  custart  green  or  Tanzie. 

3rd.  ring,  a  dukline,  turkie  pout,  2  pigions,  broyld 
chicken,  rabet. 

2  ashets  on  each  side,  a  Rague  sweat  breads,  fryd  sols, 
hartichocs  spnch. 


15  March  [1727].    At  Ld.  Mountjoys  1    10  at  table, 
7  and  7  and  2  removes. 

1st.  a  Tareen  with  Beafe,  veall,  etc.,  ducklins,  chickens, 
pigions,  pallets,  sweat  breeds,  cocks  combs,  all  sorts  of 
roots,  Asparagras,  sallary,  licks,  etc.  :  in  midle  a  rogued 
Turkie  with  oysters  gisert's  livers,  Morels  and  sundry 
things  put  on  see  wars  and  stuck  in  it  and  light  broun  sauce. 

sids  :  3  litle  pudins,  a  plumb,  a  green,  a  white,  and 
backed  one  cut  and  put  betwext  them,  Beef  collops  stewd 
tender,  Pigions  one  suortout,  and  a  very  smal  sadle 
mutton ;  at  other  end  white  soup  and  a  pullet  in  it, 
7  dishes  in  all. 

Relieffs,  a  jack  with  pudin  in  it,  and  whitens  w*  smelts 
and  a  good  sauce,  a  ragued  breast  of  veall  prety  white. 

3  young  ducks,  4  Turkies,  aple  tart,  and  small  sweat- 
meat  tarts  round  it,  craw  fish,  3  sols  fryd  and  craw  fish 
tails  and  shrimps,  and  bodys  craw  fish  brused  and  put 
in  the  sauce  and  pourd  on  the  midle  of  them. 

3  whole  sweatbreads  and  a  piece  veall  stuft  with  forst 
meat,  the  skiny  piece  of  the  veall  or  lamb  the  bigness  of 
a  large  sweat  bread  and  put  in  the  midle  ;  they  were  all 
prity  white  and  bate  butter  and  limon,  Asparagrass  with 
cream  and  butter  sauce,  and  tost  and  fryd  sippets  [?]  round. 

1  Thomas  Windsor  distinguished  himself  in  the  wars  in  Flanders,  and  was 
made  Viscount  Windsor  of  Black  Castle  in  the  Irish  peerage.    He  was  afterwards 
made  Baron  Mountjoy  in  the  peerage  of  the  United  Kingdom.    He  married 
•  Charlotte,  daughter  of  the  seventh  Earl  of  Pembroke. 


298 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Bills  of  Fare] 


Deseart :  9  all  on  guilt  cornered  salvers,  low  feet ; 
midle,  with  one  row  glass  salvers  with  half  inch  broad 
brims  with  franch  plumb,  Apricoks,  fruts  dry,  Almond 
bisket  and  Ratafia.  8  in  all,  and  wafers  put  in  betwixt 
them,  a  salver  above  that  w*  4  frute  jelly s  and  wet  sweat- 
meats,  with  covers,  and  betwixt  them  high  glasses,  white 
confits  on  the  top,  a  scolloped  glass  cornered  brim. 

2  ends  bottom  row,  Jelly  harts  horn  and  limon  and 
ratafia  cream,  a  salver  on  top  with  the  same  cornered 
brimd  glasses  as  in  the  midle. 

2  sids  1st.  row,  Aples  in  sawcers  and  frensh  figs  and 
plumbs,  the  last  pistashe  nuts  on  one  and  aples  in  cyrop 
in  the  other,  the  same  cornerd  brimd  glasses  as  the  rest, 
the  4  corners,  2  slist  oranges  and  2  almonds  and  resins,  in 
glass  broad  cream  bowls. 


At  Lord  Hallifax  1  in  the  Country  at  Bushy  Park, 
28  May  1726. 


Bacon  and  Beans 


green  soup 
veal  in  it 
veal  stewed 
carp 

Relief  Roast  mutton 


pidgeon  pye 


Pidgeans,  Chickens, 
and  young  turkies 


Ragout  of  sweatbreads 


Pease 


Sparagras 


Tart 
green  geese 


char 


1  Lord  Halifax.  George  Montagu,  first  Earl  of  Halifax,  married,  first,. 
Ricarda  Posthume,  daughter  of  Richard  Saltonshall,  and,  second,  Mary,  daughter 
of  the  Earl  of  Scarborough. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  299 


[Bills  of  Fare] 
1727,  June  6.    Sir  Robert  Walpoul,1  Mr.  Dodington.2 
8  at  Table. 

5  dish,  a  sop,  Pudin,  Hamb,  4  boyld  chickens,  a  stwd 
fillet  bieff ;  2  releiffs,  fish  and  rost  Mutton. 

7  dish  :  2  young  gees,  Turrem  green  pigions,  curran 
tart,  peas  stewd,  burnt  cream,  hautichok  sukers,  Angeloty. 

Deseart :  Confections,  frute,  Jellys,  and  Milk. 


We  was  eight  days  at  Twitenham.  We  had  always  an 
Eparn  in  the  midle,  2  dish  at  first,  4  at  2 d,  6  at  the  last, 
the  variety  was  soups,  peas,  Mager,  gravie,  rise,  barly, 
vermaselly,  variety  of  meat  was  rost  Bieff,  Bran,  stwd 
cops  [?],  pigions,  minsd  pys,  boyld  lamb,  rost  lamb,  boyd 
foull,  rost  foull  and  sasages,  jack,  hard  fish,  stewed  rump 
bieff,  boyld  beaff,  rost  veall,  ragu'd  breast  veall,  Turkie, 
chean  pork,  rosted  breast  of  pork,  Lamb,  boyld  and  backed 
pudin,  orang  pudin,  Asparagrass,  Brocaly  w*  sasages, 
vension  Pasty,  rost  venison,  rost  mutton,  wild  Ducks, 
rabets,  boyld  wild  ducks  w*  ounions,  larks,  rost  goos, 
boyld  goos,  sturgen,  rague  sweat  breads,  hogs  pudins 
and  white  ones,  lamb  frys,  fricassy  rabets,  rost  rabets. 


1  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  afterwards  Earn  of  Orford,  at  this  time  Prime  Minister. 
This  dinner  took  place  shortly  before  the  death  of  George  I.,  the  news  of  which 
reached  Walpole  at  Chelsea  on  the  14th.  He  is  said  to  have  killed  two  horses 
in  carrying  the  tidings  to  the  new  king  at  Richmond. 

2  George  Dubb  Doddington,  afterwards  Lord  Melcomb  Regis,  at  this  time 
a  Lord  of  the  Treasury.  He  left  a  diary  which  has  been  published,  and  which 
shows  the  writer  in  anything  but  a  pleasant  light.  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu, 
who  never  missed  an  opportunity  of  saying  something  spiteful  of  her  quondam 
friend,  Lady  Murray,  writes  in  1725 :  «  Mrs.  Murray  has  got  a  new  lover  in  the 
most  accomplished  Mr.  Doddington.' 


300 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Bills  of  Fare] 

26  Janur  1728.  Mr.  Onsly,1  the  Speaker,  Hadinton,2 
and  Marchmont,3  Coll.  Hope,  Mr.  Johnston,  and 
Mr.  Mitchell.    11  at  Table. 

1st.  7  dish  :  a  soup,  a  sweatbread  and  cox  comb  py, 
a  Lamb,  4  on  the  sids,  a  pudin,  boy  Id  chickens,  ragu'd 
fillet  bieff,  Tush.    2  relieffs,  Turbet  and  rost  mutton. 

2nd.  7  dish  :  wild  foull,  cheston  py  and  a  goos,  on  the 
sids  craw  fish  or  white  beans  and  sasages,  Asparagras, 
minsd  collips  and  sasages,  burnt  cream. 

Deseart :  Sweatmeats  and  Jellys  and  sillibubs,  etc. 


London,  30  March  1728.     Ld  Carlyl,4  Lady  Lechmoor,5 
Lady  Mary,6  Lds.  Stairs,7  Hadinton,2  Marchmont.3  12 

1st.  4  dish  :  Soup,  Lamb,  sids,  4  boyld  chickens  and 
a  pudin  ;  2  relefes,  crimp  hard  [?]  and  forsadle  of  mutton. 

2nd.  5  dish  :  2  Duclins,  date  py,  Kidny  beans  and  sheaps 
toungs  rosted  ;  sids,  a  crab  and  Asparagras. 


1  Arthur  Onslow  was  elected  Speaker  on  23rd  January  1728,  so  this  was  no 
doubt  a  dinner  in  his  honour.  He  held  this  most  distinguished  position  until 
18th  March  1761,  when  he  retired  after  thirty-three  years  'constant  and  un- 
wearied attendance  in  the  chair.' 

2  Thomas  Hamilton,  sixth  Earl  of  Haddington,  whose  son,  Lord  Binning, 
was  married  to  Lady  Grisell  Baillie's  daughter  Rachel. 

3  Alexander  Hume,  second  Earl  of  Marchmont,  K.T.,  Lady  Grisell  Baillie's 
brother.  He  was  the  third  son  of  the  first  Earl,  his  elder  brothers  predeceasing 
their  father.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  George  Campbell 
of  Cessnock,  when  he  assumed  the  surname  of  Campbell. 

4  See  note  I,  p.  294. 

•  5  Lady  Elizabeth  Letchmere,  daughter  of  the  third  Earl  of  Carlisle,  married, 
first,  Nicholas  Letchmere,  Attorney-General  in  17 18  and  raised  to  the  peerage 

in  1721  as  Lord  Letchmere.    'The  discreet  and  sober  Lady  L  re  has  lost 

such  furious  sums  at  the  Bath  that  it  may  be  questioned  whether  all  the  sweet- 
ness the  waters  can  put  into  my  lord's  blood  can  make  him  endure  it,  particularly 
^700  at  one  sitting  which  is  aggravated  with  many  astonishing  circumstances.' 
— Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu.  She  married,  second,  Thomas  Robinson 
■of  Rokeby  Park. 

6  Lady  Mary  Howard,  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Carlisle. 

7  See  note  2,  p.  292. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  301 


[Bills  of  Fare] 
Deseart :  Jellys  and  Sillibubs,  curds  and  cream,  pears 
and  aples,  pistaches  and  scorcht  almonds,  Bisket  round 
the  milk. 


The  following  three  Menus  are  from  a  jotting  left  by 
Lady  Grisell  of  dinners  at  Naples  shortly  before  Lord 
Binning's  death : — 

18  Decr  1732.    Mr.  Horner  Archer,  etc.    12  at  Table. 

Soup 

Boyld  veal  and  Lamb  plumb  pudin  and 

colifloor  litle  paties  round  it 

Soup 


2  reliefs  fish  and  muton  py 


4  wood  cocks,  4  snyp 
a  french  lof  drest  peas 
with  milk        salmagundy 1 
fryd  soles 

Corainorely  [?]  Pig  burnt  cream 


Aples 

Biskit  Chesnuts 
Drest  buter  etc.  graps      drest  buter  upon  crots 

pistaches  plumb  etc.  bisket 


Mr.  H.  Hunters.    16  Folk. 
Mr.  Horner.    10  at  Table,  6  by  table. 
Mrs.  Archer. 

Boyld  leg  Pork 
Soup 

[?]  mustart  pickle,  etc.  potatos 

pudin  rague  veal  and  sweet  breads  cok  comb,  etc, 
turnips  fish  souce 

fish 


1  '  Salmagunde,'  a  dish  of  minced  meat  with  eggs,  anchovies,  vinegar,  pepper, 
etc. 


302  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Bills  of  Fare] 


relife,  pigion  py 


wood  cocks  and  partrages 
salet  Minshed  py  Morells 

cold  toung  fryd  soils 

peas  fish  sause 

loyn  veal 


Peas  pudin 


Soup  1 
Boyld  Turkie 


Pork  and  torts 


relief  of  fish 


Salmagundy 
Turnips 


rost  udder 
Aple  Dumplin 
ragued  veal 


frogs 
salet 


The  following  Menus  are  from  some  loose  sheets  of 
paper,  and  relate  to  a  visit  paid  by  Lady  Harvey  2  at 
Mellerstain : — 

Super,  Thursday,  July  15,  1756. 
cold  Chickens 
Waffles  colerd  pig 

Jelly 

Hartichoks  Salmon 
Collops 


1  There  is  no  heading  to  this  Menu,  but  it  is  on  the  same  sheet  as  the  two 
immediately  preceding. 

2  *  Sweet  Molly  Lapell,'  familiarly  known  as  '  Tom  '  in  the  Prince  of  Wales's 
circle,  daughter  of  Brigadier-General  Nicholas  Lepell,  at  one  time  Maid  of 
Honour  to  the  Princess  of  Wales,  afterwards  Mistress  of  the  Robes  to  her  when 
Queen.  She  married  John  Hervey,  the  handsome  son  of  the  Earl  of  Bristol, 
who  rather  neglected  her.  She  was  a  great  friend  of  Lady  Murray,  and  stood 
loyally  by  her  in  her  quarrel  with  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu.    Indeed,  she 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  303 


[Bills  of  Fare] 

Diner,  16th. 

Soup 
relif  cod 

pickls  salad 
rost  beef 


chickens 

peas 

puffs 

pickled  salmon 

veal  colops 


Diner,  Sunday,  18th. 

Giblet  broth 
relief  salmon 
salad 
rost  beef 


Hagis 
Colerd  Eel 

pudens  moor  foul 

Cold  Pig 


no  super 
but  strawbery 


Diner,  21 
Rumble  of  Veal  and  broth 
Salmon 


was  beloved  by  the  whole  Baillie  family.  It  was  she  who  attended  Lady  Grisell 
on  her  deathbed,  both  Lady  Murray  and  Lady  Binning  being  ill  at  the  time. 
She  was  noted  for  her  beauty,  and  seems  to  have  been  a  charming  personality. 
Her  portrait  still  adorns  the  walls  of  Mellerstain.  Her  husband  was  a  great 
friend  of  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu,  with  whom  his  wife  was  not  on  speaking 
m  terms  on  account  of  the  quarrel  between  Lady  Mary  and  Lady  Murray. 


Tarts 
cowhead 


peas 
cox  coims 


304 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Bills  of  Fare] 
Loin  of  Mutton  and  stakes 


Stewed  cucumbers 


Moor  foul 


Makerony 


Cream 


Super 
veal  colops 

fryd  eggs 


strawberys 


Mellerstain  1748  account  of  what  is  spent  yearly  in  the 
house  of  meat  and  drink,  etc.,  in  quantity,  but  not 
the  value.1 

6  oxen  cut  in  199  pieces,  besides  beef  from  Kelso 
Wedders 
Lambs 


Ewe  . 
Calfs  . 
Swine 
Pigs  . 

Eggs  besides  those  of  our  own  hens  2284 
Candle  Stones 
Butter  for  sheep  .        .        .12  pound 
for  greesing  wool       .        .       8  pd 
in  family      .        .        .300  pd 


Soap  pounds 
Cheeses 

Fouls  eat  or  given  away. 
Turkies 
Geess 
Hens 
ducks 
capons 
Chickens 


56 
22 
62 
33 
12 
191 

376 

1  It  must  be  remembered  that  Mellerstain  was  at  this  time  a  lady's  establish- 
ment. 


19 
11 
1 
3 
4 
10 

30 


320 


231 
24 


1749]  OF  LADY  GRISELL 


BAILLIE 


305< 


Bottles 


Liquors  Claret     ......  31 

Port  62 

Hermitage       .        .        .        .  .18 

Cotrotee  ......  5 

Canary    ......  33 

Modera  28 

Chirrie    ......  56 

Serainse  ......  9 

Tocky  1 

White  wine  .  .  .  .  .11 
Frontiniac  .  .  .  .  .12 
Cyder      ......  54 

Strong  Ale  269 

Second  Ale  .....  458 
Bottled  small  Beer    ....  218 


Bottles  1265 

Small  Beer  in  Barels  850  gallons  Scots 
Flower  111  Stone  14  pounds 
Oat  Meal  264  stone 

Mellerstain  1749  Account  of  what  is  spent  yearly  in  the 
house  of  meat  and  drink,  etc.,  in  quantity,  but  not 


in  value. 

5  Oxen  cut  in  166  pieces       .....  5 

Wedders   18 

Ewes   6 

Lambs        ........  12 

Calfs   4 

Swine         ........  5 

Pigs   27 

Eggs  besides  those  of  our  own  house  .  .  .  3720 
Candles,  Stones  29,  pounds  4 

Soap  pounds        .......  228J 

Butter,  our  own  pounds    216 \  ^ 
Butter  bought  pounds       128  i 

Cheeses       ........  51 

u 


306  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1749 


Herrings,  half  Barrels   ......  4 

Tusk  fish  5 

Fouls  eat  or  given  away 

Turkies    ......  45 

geess       ......  5 

ducks  22 

Hens  81 

Chickens  181 

Pigions,  our  own       .        .        .  .113 


447 

Liquors  Bottles 

Claret  26 

Port  65 

Hermitage       .        .        .        .  .10 

Canary    ......  25 

Shirrie     ......  43 

Modera    ......  24 

Frontiniac       .....  4 

Seraionse         .        .        .        .  4  J 

Strong  ale        .        .        .        .  .152 

Second  Ale  572 

Bottled  small  Beer  .  .  .  .217 
Orange  wine  .....  33 
White  wine  .....  15 
Cotrottee  .....  5 
Punch  besides  shrub         ...  34 


1232J 

Small  Beer  in  Barrels,  850  Scots  gallons 
Flower,  Stones  134,  pounds  8 
Oatmeal  and  Ry,  Stones  272 

Extracts  from  small  paper  covered  book  marked  4  Cash 
Book  begune  22  March  1729.  For  no  use  at  all.' 
It  deals  with  a  visit  to  Bath  and  Bristol.    In  this 


1749]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  307 


book  Lady  Grisell  uses  the  word  '  By '  when  she 
means  '  Paid  to.' 


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„  Megilsidler  5s.  Pate  Allan  2 

0 

7 

0 

Betty  and  Nelly 

2 

2 

0 

„  Kimergham  Drinkmoney 

0 

13 

6 

„  Whitehall  Drinkmoney  . 

0 

13 

6 

„  Mr.  Halls  Carter 

0 

2 

6 

Sr  James  Halls  Coachman 

0 

2 

6 

„  John                   Coachman  7  J 

Mo  wages  at  10£  a  year, 

6 

6 

0 

14    9  2 


By  the  expence  of  6  coach  horses 
and  8  Riding  horse  from 


Dunce  to  Bath  . 

30 

1 

cariing  Bagage 

2 

2 

0 

guids 

0 

9 

0 

Turnpicks 

0 

2 

2 

mending  sadles  and 

blooding 

0 

5 

4 

pistol  ball  2s  sope  Is. 

0 

3 

0 

Bassindain  and  Hume' 

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horss  . 

0 

4 

0 

Washing  on  the  Road 

0 

L6 

2 

Eating  for  5  and  Georg 

in  the  Coach  and 

2 

maids  from  Berwick 

16  days  to  Bath  . 

23 

18 

6 

Servants  at  Dune  . 

0 

d 

0 

308  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1749 


By  7  mens  board  16  days 

at  Is.  pr  day       .      5  12  0 

„  Duncan  and  John  each 

5s.  of  wages        .      0  10  0 

„  John  Coachman  and 
Tarns  board  5  days 
at  Bath  and  Joeys    0  15  0 
Ap1  17  „  Horses  5  nights  at  Bath  6  18  0 

„  Shoeing  horses  at  Bath 

etc.    .        .  1  14  8 

„  Tarn  to  cary  home  9 

horses        .  14  14  0 


£88    9  7j 

L:  B  is  to  pay  the  half  of  this 
£88,  9s.  7dJ. 

[Note  as  to  details  of  £30,ls.  9|d.  above  stated,  con- 
tained on  a  separate  piece  of  paper  and  not  in  Lady 
Grisell's  handwriting.] 


Berwick  a  night  . 

1 

7 

1* 

Belfoord  a  night  . 

1 

12 

0 

An  wick  a  night  . 

1 

14 

8 

Morpeth  a  night  . 

1 

14 

8 

New  Castle  a  night 

2 

0 

4 

Darlington  baitting 

0 

6 

11 

fferryhill  a  night  . 

1 

10 

8 

Northalerton  a  night 

1 

11 

0 

Borrowbridg  a  night 

1 

14 

3 

Wetherby  baitting 

0 

10 

1 

ffarybridge  a  night 

1 

14 

4 

Doncaster  baiting 

0 

11 

3 

Blyth  a  night 

1 

12 

8 

Nottingham  a  night 

1 

11 

8 

Leister  a  night 

1 

14 

3 

Smokington  a  night 

1 

7 

8 

Coventry  baitting 

0 

9 

10 

I73i]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


309 


18  1 

0  4  0 

1  11  7 
1  14  5 
0    7  11 


28    9  3| 
Duns  ...  1 

Franc         .       .  0  12  6 


30    1  9| 

[Note  as  to  Lodgings  at  Bath.] 

my  3  rooms  and  one  Garet      •        .    £l  15  0 

pr  week  L.  Bin  2  rooms  and  half  and  Garet  .      1  10  0 

Mr.  Mitchell  2  rooms  and  a  half       .      15  0 


4  10  0 
p.  Month,  18£. 


Warwick  a  night  . 
Hartfoordbridge  baiting 
Mortinmash  a  night 
Cirensister  a  night 
Alerton  baitting  . 


Journel,  May  20,  1731,  that  we  went  abroad  To  the 

October,  new  still,  1733,  that  we  left  Paris,  and  to 
the  Oct.,  old  style,  that  we  came  to  London, 
1733.1 

Roterdam  29  May  1731  Old  Stil  and  the  9<*  of  June  N.  St. 

gdr.  st.  doit.     £    s.  d. 

For  Boat  fraught  from 

the  yaught        .        .      6    0    0     0  11  0 

Diner  at       .        .              6    0    0     0  11  0 

bagage         .        .        .2    6    0     0    4  2 

a  coach  .  .  .  2  10  0  0  4  6 
a  scout 2  from  Roterdam 

toDelph  .        .        .5    2    0     0    9  4 


1  Contained  in  a  paper-covered  notebook  7|"X6£".  The  outer  column  giving 
the  values  in  Sterling  money  has  been  added  by  the  editor.  For  money  tables 
see  p.  421. 

3  Schuit  or  trekschuit,  a  public  boat  drawn  through  the  canals  by  horse. 


310  THE  HOUSEHOLD 

[Foreign  Tour] 

Paline,  etc.,  at  Delph 

Coach  hire  at  Roterdam  . 

Coach  at  Delph 

Seeing  the  church  ther  . 
N.S.  for  a  large  hamper  and 
lock  and  a  little  ham- 
per for  Grisie 
June  10.  Passage  of  letters  to  the 
Saterday      11  day 

Exchange  for  150  £  Stel. 
Bag  and  portage  of 
521g.  8st. 

the  roof  in  scout  from 
Delf  to  Leyden  each  10s 
1  doit  Servants  in 
scout,  7s.  Id. 

a  hamper  for  the  Drogs  . 

2TeaKells  . 

Bagage  from  Roterdam 
to  Lyden,  . 
11.  For  Breckfast  and  diner 
the  last  lg.  pr  head 
and  for  wine 

To  Edwards  for  2  nights 
lodging  at  Roterdam 
he  reckoned  it  a  week 
payd  by  J.  Gordon 

our  intertainment  there 
being  2  diners  2  breck- 
fasts  and  2  suppers 
payd  by  Gorden 

Lyden. 

June  12.  For    diner    and  super 
and  wine  the  maids  8 
13.  the  maids  8,  we  dining 
in  Mr.  Burnets  . 
Smalls  by  John  for  breck- 
fast and  suppers 


BOOK  [1731 

gdr.  st.  doit.     £    s.  d. 


4 

4 

12 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4 

3 

2 

0 

0 

5 

8 

1 

10 

0 

0 

2 

8 

0 

12 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

lo 

0 

rv 

0 

7 

0 

6 

9 

0 

0 

11 

9 

1 

O 

u 

u 

0 
& 

Q 
O 

4 

8 

4 

0 

8 

1 

1 

13 

0 

0 

2 

11 

6 

0 

0 

0 

11 

0 

4 

2 

0 

0 

7 

6 

14    2  0  1    5  10 

75    0  0  6  17  6 

96  15  0  8  17  3 

8  16  0  0  16  0 

0  8  0  0    0  8 

1  14  0  0    3  0 


1731]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


311 


[Foreign  Tour] 

gdr.  st.  doit.    £    s.  d. 


Leyden 
June  15. 


TT^m»   oil  n»o  Y»   -p/~kY»   Too    q  4~  fil 
J?  UI    sUgcU    J.UI    led   dil  O2 

o-f-     Ql  Tk 
St.  o|  ID. 

1 

0 

I) 

rv 

u 

4 

For  washing  Roterdam  . 

1 
1 

4> 

0 

0 

2 

2 

For  entertainment  in  3 

days 

QQ 
OO 

r\ 
U 

U 

Q 

0 

u 

0 

For  milk   at   a  Bours 

house 

0 

16 

0 

0 

1 

1 

For  bagage  lg.  7st.  more 

2g  

0 

0 

7 

0 

0 

/; 
O 

1 

JC  UI  a  LUdtU  J-Obt. 

9 

10 

n 
u 

u 

K 
O 

n 

For  lodging  a  week  at 

Lyden 

14 

0 

0 

1 

5 

To  Frederick,  etc.  . 

3 

0 

0 

0 

5 

6 

To  a  man  for  errands 

0 

11 

0 

0 

0 

11 

For  6  lb.  chocalet  . 

13 

16 

0 

1 

5 

2 

For  a  lb.  Tea 

12 

0 

0 

1 

2 

0 

For  lodging  2  nights  at 

Edwards  errour  in 
Roterdam  this  is  set 
down  befor. 
For  a  Scout  from  Liden 
to  harlem  for  the  roof 
and  6  and  4  servants  in 


Scout 

6 

6 

2 

0 

11 

Amster-    For  scout  harlem  to  Am- 

dam  June    sterdam  . 

3 

15 

0 

0 

6 

18            For  bagage  . 

2 

6 

0 

0 

4 

2 

For  tape  at  Harlem  errour 

For  a  guid  . 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

6 

For  a  coach  . 

3 

6 

0 

0 

6 

0 

For  a  coach  . 

3 

5 

0 

0 

5 

11 

For  bagage  . 

1 

12 

0 

0 

2 

10 

For  lodging  and  inter- 

tainment  3  nights 

64 

16 

0 

5 

18 

8 

For  a  scout  to  utright 

the  whole  of  it  which 

was  devided  20  gul. 

and  drink 

15 

9 

0 

1 

8 

3 

312 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1731 


Utright 
June  20. 


Tour] 

gdr. 

St. 

doit. 

£ 

s. 

For  diner  at  Newer  Sluce 

of  fish 

24 

0 

0 

2 

4 

For  4  lb.  cofne  powder 

32  st.  and  box  18st.  . 

7 

6 

0 

0 

13 

a  lb.  Tea  Bohea  from 

Lord  Bins  landlord 

6 

10 

0 

0 

11 

2  pair  gloves  Grisie  and 

I  errour 

For  lodging  and  entertain- 

ment at  the  Castel  of 

Antwerp. 3  nights 

47 

5 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  coach  to  Syst 

5 

0 

0 

0 

9 

For  a  coach  to  Sousdick- 

9 

0 

0 

0 

16 

Gildermause 

For  diner  to  6  of 

us  and  2  maids     3  11 
Servant  :    .        .    0  12 


For  2  Post  wagon  to  the 
Buss  to  the  wagennears 

To  servants  at  Utright  . 

To  the  wageneer  . 

For  smalls  by  James 
Buss  25.  For  lodging  and  inter- 
tainment  3  nights  at 
the  golden  Lyon 

To  servants  . 

To  a  sergent  11  st.  soger 
6st  

For  a  Berline  to 

Mostrick:.        .  40  0 

2  Post  wagons     .  50  0 

bagage        .  .55 

Commissers  Knight  11 

Wageneers  .  .18 


4  0 


10 


4 

3 

0 

0 

7 

7 

40 

0 

0 

3 

13 

4 

2 

10 

0 

0 

4 

6 

0 

12 

0 

0 

1 

0 

3 

4 

4 

0 

5 

11 

32 

15 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

2 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

17 

0 

0 

1 

5 

97    4    0      8  18  2 


1731]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  313 


[Foreign  Tour] 

gdr.  st.  doit.     £    s.  d. 

For  diner  at  Lumpt  4  18 
Overbeck  a  night.  6  5 
maid  .  .  .06 
bree  for  breckfast  1  6 
Diner  At  Ass       .    4  10 

  17    5    0      1  11  7 


741  12    2    67  14  5 


Mostrick  a  guiny  is  27  Skillins,1  and  each  skillin 
10  Marks,  and  each  Mark  6  doits. 


Stg. 


June  27  For  lodging  and  super 

Sk. 

M. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

and  breckfast 

36 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

Servants 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 

For  a  berline  to  Aix 

32 

0 

0 

0 

18 

8 

For  2  Diligances  to  Aix  . 

45 

0 

0 

1 

6 

3 

For  baggage  . 

4 

0 

0 

0 

2 

4 

To  the  Wagennears 

3 

0 

0 

0 

1 

9 

To  a  soger  to  forbear 

serching 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 

9  Marks  is  For  Diner  at  Gulph 

21 

0 

0 

0 

12 

3 

a  skillin  To  a  wageneer 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 

at  Aix   To  the  3  servants  boord 

21  days  to  27  June 

111 

0 

0 

3 

4 

9 

30  To  accounts  from  John  of 

Smalls   for  breckfasts 

and  supers 

27 

0 

0 

0 

15 

9 

To  smalls  by  John  and 

James 

7 

3 

0 

0 

4 

3 

To  clear  house  accounts 

pd.  John  . 

15 

8 

4 

0 

9 

2 

June  9    To  clear  house  accounts 

more  at  Aix 

22 

8 

6 

0 

13 

3 

This  should  be  thirty-seven  skillings,  and  is  so  given  elsewhere. 


314  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 

To    sundry    smalls  for 

house  I  bought  . 
For  diners  11  days  and  2 

skillins  a  head  . 
cooks  maid  . 
to  see  the  relicks  in  great 

church 
a  coach 

For  12  nights  lodging  in 
Mr.  Tewis  house 

the  maid  in  the  house 

coffie  .... 

For  a  Berline  and  2 
waggons  to  Spa  . 

3  wagonneers 


[Stg.] 


Sk. 

M. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

61 

8 

4 

0 

18 

a 
D 

195 

0 

0 

5 

13 

9 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

IV 

7 

17 

0 

0 

0 

9 

11 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

6 

168 

0 

0 

4 

18 

0 

8 

0 

0 

0 

4 

8 

1 

4 

4 

0 

0 

10 

88 

0 

0 

2 

11 

4. 

3 

0 

0 

0 

1 

9 

1 850    4    0    24  14  0 

Spa. 

here  the  guiny  is  37  skill  and  4  souse,  a  skillin  10  sous, 
and  a  sous  4  Hers 


Stg. 


sk. 

st.  doits. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

9    To  John 

.  78 

8 

0 

2 

5 

11 

13  To  John 

.  74 

8 

0 

2 

3 

7 

For  wood,  etc. 

.  13 

0 

0 

0 

7 

7 

To  house 

5 

0 

0 

0 

2 

11 

To  a  Copashin 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 

For  a  water  bottle 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 

20  To  John 

.  37 

4 

0 

1 

1 

10 

23  To  John 

.  81 

16 

0 

2 

8 

2 

S.  293    6    0  8  11  2 

Spa. 

This  is  Lievers,  sous,  etc. 

French  Stg. 

£    s.  d.  £  s.  d. 

July  25  To  John      .        .        .    12    0    0  0  13  4 


1  This  column  is  wrongly  summed.    It  should  be  847  Sk.  4  M. 


I73i]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


315 


[Foreign  Tour] 

To  make  up  a  former 

balance  . 
For  powder  lib  to 

day  20  a  wash  ball  7d. 
26  To  Lady  Fannys  car- 
nush[?]  . 
To  John 
30  To  John 

To  Neckles  Grisie  and 

Mrs.  Burnet 
To  poor  pilgrims  1  sk. 
Aug1  1    For  John 
To  John 
2  To  John 
To  John 

Monday  6  For  a  moneths  Lodging 
9  rooms  and  a  kit- 
chen and  2  beds  for 
men  servants,  14  sk. 
p.  week,  10^  guinys 
and  6  sk.  and  3  liers  . 
7  To  John  . 

To  John  was  forgot  to 
set  down  . 
9  To  John 
For  letters  . 
13  To  John 

20  For  2  wagons  at  3  sk.  a- 
piece  for  37  days  to 
this  and  2  days  riding 
Aug*  20  To  John 

22  To  John  4  guinys 

For  the  Buckie  to  the  ball 
Aug.  25    For  12  doz.  botls  water 
O.S.       to  Mr.  Cockburn 

To  Roclor  for  the  Ball 
and  Super  to  70 
persons  • 


[French]  [Stg.] 


£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

13 

0 

0 

0 

9 

1 

7 

0 

0 

1 

6 

7 

0 

0 

0 

7 

10 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

0 

7 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

196 

0 

0 

11 

0 

6 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

3 

5 

0 

0 

3 

8 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

110 

10 

0 

6 

4 

4 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

74 

16 

0 

4 

4 

0 

11 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

L96 

7 

0 

11 

0 

11 

316 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[i73i 


[Foreign  Tour] 

[French] 

[Stg.] 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

To  John  . 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

To  John 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

To  John 

30 

12 

0 

1 

14 

5 

To  the  fidels  at  the  ball 

28 

1 

0 

1 

11 

6 

Wednes- 

For bread  etc.  by  John 

day  28 

To  a  cook  at  1  sk  pr  day 

49  days  . 

24 

15 

0 

1 

7 

10 

For  3  weeks  lodging  to 

Monday  27 

147  0 

0 

8 

5 

4 

To  John  at  3  times  3 

guinys 

56 

2 

0 

3 

3 

0 

For  a  weeks  lodging  the 
Sunday  31  Sept.1 

49 

0 

0 

2 

15 

1 

For  a  chaise  to  the  1st 

of  Sep.  and  horses 

35 

10 

0 

2 

0 

0 

,Septm  3 

To  John  to  the  10 

74 

16 

0 

4 

4 

0 

and  10 

For  Arrack  and  Limons 
Washing  to  Saterday  8 

10 

0 

0 

0 

11 

3 

2  weeks  . 

8 

13 

0 

0 

9 

9 

2    french     caps  Mrs. 

Twiles  at  Aix  . 

6 

18 

0 

0 

7 

9 

11 

To  John 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

12  To  John  . 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

For  12  nights  lodging  to 

Saturday  15  at  12  skill 

72 

0 

0 

4 

1 

0 

To  the  Caposhins 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

To  the  wemen  at  Ger- 

onster  Pohon  . 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

To  the  wemen  at  Pohon 

in  Toun  . 

8 

0 

0 

0 

9 

0 

Friday  14  To  the  cook  for  10  days 

8 

10 

0 

0 

9 

7 

To  the  housemaid  Ann 

Mary    Nort  Livoux, 

daughter  of  our  land- 

lord 

9 

7 

0 

0 

10 

6 

Probably  a  mistake  for  1st  September. 


1731]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


317 


[Foreign  Tour] 


we  went 


16 


[French]  [Stg.] 


For  a  wanscote  chest 

r> 

X, 

s. 

3 

a. 

s. 

a. 

and  lock  . 

o 

0 

0 

0 

/-» 
o 

9 

15, 

r  or  a  chaise  12  days 

i  n 
1U 

n 
U 

1U 

U 

For  the  last  weeks  wash 

o  licLlllv  ... 

Q 
O 

A 

u 

Q 

n 

For  Kains  the  half 

37 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

For  a  pr  shoes  my  D.  . 

5 

0 

0 

0 

5 

7 

mending  shoes 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

li 

2  pr  clogs 

8 

10 

0 

0 

9 

7 

letters 

8 

15 

0 

0 

9 

10 

Apoticary's  bill  . 

13 

0 

0 

0 

14 

7 

x1038    6    0    60  19 


taken  out  of 

this  washing 

8 

13 

0 

washing 

8 

0 

0 

shoes  my  D 

5 

0 

0 

mending  shoes 

1 

0 

0 

2  pr  Cloggs  G 

and  I 

8 

10 

0 

S.  1007    3  0 

Leige. 

17  Sepm  For  1  lb.  Tee       .        .      7  10    0     0    8  5 
To  54^  broad  holland 
for  3  pr  shiets  at  35 

Sturs  the  ell     .        .    94  10    0     5    6  4 
For  34  J  demie  holland 
at  45  Sturs  for  7  Shifts 

to  Grisie  .  .  .  77  12  2  4  7  4 
5  els  Muslin  for  4  cravats 

45  St.  .  .  .  11  5  0  0  12  3 
2  night  napkins    .        .      5    6    1      0    5  11 


  196    3  3 

This  column  is  wrongly  summed  by  Lady  Grisell. 


11    0  3 


318 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour]  [French]  [Stg.] 


take  out  the  demi  hol- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

land  muslin  and  night 

caps 

94 

3 

3 

5 

5 

11 

S.  102 

102 

00 

00 

5 

14 

4 

For  2  chases 

from  Spa  to 

Leige  that 

caried  8 

persons          28    0  0 

1 

11 

6 

A  wagon  for  2 

servants  and 

bagog        .    12    0  0 

0 

13 

6 

a  horse  to  a 

servant      .      4    0  0 

44 

0 

0 

0 

4 

6 

To  drink  money  to 

Chaises 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

1| 

To  the  poor 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

9 

19  Sep.     For  diner  at  Barixpay  7 

masters  5  servants 

14 

10 

0 

0 

16 

4 

For  a  kain  to  Charles 

Forbes  3  guinys 

56 

2 

0 

3 

3 

0 

payd    his    horse  from 

Spa  .... 

5 

0 

0 

0 

5 

For  5  Nights  at  the  Altas 

Noble  to  Msr  Pontels 

250 

0 

0 

14 

1 

3 

makeing  4  pr  shiets 

3 

0 

0 

0 

3 

H 

a  blunderbush  2  guin.  2 

pr  pistols  2  gu. 

74 

16 

0 

4 

4 

0 

Namour. 


For  2  Berlins 

from  Leige    80    0  0 
a  horse  to  a 

servant    .      5    0  0 

85    0    0     4  15  8 

To  Lodging  and  supers 
for  4  nights  for  we 


173^]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


319 


[Foreign  Tour]  [French]  [Stg.] 


Qineo  mostly  m  tne 

*? 

s. 

Q. 

s. 

A 
Q. 

Bishops  . 

yb 

o 
O 

0 

5 

Q 

o 

2 

i  o  tne  jDisnops  servants 

A  K 

Q 
O 

n 
u 

o 

<a 

1 1 
11 

A 

u 

r  or  2  rserlins  and.  a  Hid- 

ing horse  from  Namure 

15  the  riding  horse  was 

5  01  It 

74o 

O 

2 

1 

10 

Seeing  tne  Lastle  ot 

Namure  . 

11 

0 

0 

0 

12 

o 

For  bread  etc.  by  J ohn  . 

2 

2 

0 

0 

2 

4 

"flay  at  Rosey 

upon  btra          8  00 

0 

9 

0 

yum J  at  ititcn- 

mount     .         12  0 

0 

Id 

/} 
o 

For  Diner  at 

K 

o 

i 

ouper  at  lviasn        o  u 

U 

O 

y 

Diner  at  Runion     4  10 

0 

5 

1 

Super  at  Bostogne   9  0 

0 

10 

1 

Diner   at  Mark- 

lange       .           5  0 

0 

5 

7 

Super  at  Arlong 

imposd  on  16 

0 

18 

0 

Diner  at  Luxen- 

burg        .         12  0 

0 

13 

6 

fthe    2  above 

should  be  here   

77 

0 

0 

S.  1616 

17 

2 

90 

18 

4 

Supd  at  Carmine, 
the  first  village 
in  Lorain  and 
here  the  Lewi- 
dors1  is  32  livers    6  10  4    4  0 


1  Lady  Grisell  seems  to  use  '  Lewis  dors  '  as  synonymous  to  1  guiny,'  and  the 
calculations  are  based  on  this  assumption. 


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[Foreign  Tour] 

28  breckf  ast  at  Pont- 

mush       .  3 
lay  and  supd  at 

Nancy     .  32 
wine  upon  the  road  1 

29  dind  at  Roviell  6 

30  Supd  at  Lunavile  20 


[French] 
£  s.  d. 


lay  at  Mercour  15 
Oct.  1   Din  at  Alunavile  7 
lay  at  Ish    .  7 
Coshers  for  going 
out  of  the  road 
3  leigs  to  Luna- 
vile 

Seeing  the  Duke 
of  Lorains  Palice 
and  the  Acad- 
amie        .  21 


10 

0 
10 
0 
0 
10 
0 
15 


48  0 


0 


168  15  0 


[Stg.] 
£  s.  d. 
0    2  4 

114 
0  10 
0  4  0 
0  13  4 
0  10  4 
0  4  8 
0    5  2 


1  12  0 


0  14  0 
5  12  6 


Oct.  2 


here  the  Lewidor  is  24  livers 
For  diner  at  Jussie 


in  Burgundy 

biskets  etc. 

lay  at  Doncour 
Chato  a  private 
house  and  left 
the  servants 

Dind  at  Dampier 

lay  at  Champain 
in  the  Dutche 
of  Burgundy 

was  serched  here 
overly  and  gote 
a  pass  gave  the 
men 

breckfast  at  Ark- 
surtiel 


15 

4 


10 

7 


12 

7 


7  10 


3  2 


3  0 


Sterling 
0  5  8 
0    3  10 


0  13  8 
0    3  10 


0    6  7 

0    2  8 
2  7 


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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

[French]  £   s.  d. 

lay  at  Dijon  24    0  1    1  0 

Cyrop      copilair 1 

suger,  etc.  4  15  0    4  2 

Maid  at  Dijon        14  Oil 

5  Dind  at  Nuys       10    0  0    8  9 
lay  at  Beaune      11    0  0    9  7 

6  Dind  and  lay  at 

Shalong  up 

Soan        .         33    0  1    8  10 

servants  twise 

paid        .  3    0  0    2  7 

was      stopd  at 

Shalong  3  days 

by  the  imper- 

tinance  of  the 

Bourro  and  paid 

lodging,  etc       24  14  117 
A  chase  post  for 
Ld  Bin  and  my 

Dear  to  Lyons  160    0  7    0  0 


4  servants  in  the  Dili- 
gence to  lyons  . 

4  trunks  12£  caring  out 
and  in  8£  . 

their  supers  at  Macom  3£ 
boat  men  30st. 
Oct.  9  For  5  places  in  the  Dili- 
gence upon  the  Soan  in 
2  days  from  Shalon  to 
Lyon  us  4  women  and 
a  footman 

lay  at  Macom  for  super 


361    1  0 

48    0  0  2  2  0 

20    0  0  0  17  6 

4  10  0  0  3  11 

60    0  0  2  12  6 

6    0  0  0  5  3 


1  Capillaire.  a  syrup  extracted  from  the  maiden-hair  fern  ;  a  simple  syrup 
flavoured  with  orange-flower  water. 

X 


322 


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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

[French]  £  s.  d, 

11  Dind  at  Roiotin  .  .  5120  0411 
a  coach  at  Lyons  3  hours  3  16  0  0  3  5 
letters  12£  new  l£         .    13    0    0  0  11  5 

Lyon    For  Lodging,  au 
guinys  strl    Park  and  enter- 
24     tainment  6 

Livres.     nights             230    0  10    1  3 

12  3  m.  chocolet         10  15  0    8  5 

3 


7 
3 

6 
10 

4 


nights      .  230 

0 

10 

1 

3  fb.  chocolet 

10 

15 

0 

8 

2  bottles  Genever 

1 

8 

0 

1 

Suger  and  other 

smalls  graps  etc. 

6 

10 

0 

5 

Serchers 

1 

10 

0 

1 

a  clogbag  a  lewi- 

dor  and  24  sous 

25 

4 

1 

2 

a  clogbag  lock 

10 

0 

0 

2  Maps 

3 

0 

0 

2 

harden  bags 

0 

6 

0 

0 

wax  cloath  to 

trunks 

2 

17 

0 

2 

a  pillow  and  cover 

5 

10 

0 

4 

mending  clogbags 

1 

10 

0 

1 

phisick  bag  10s, 

Bowers  Bag  4£ 

18  fib. 

5 

08 

0 

4 

a  chocalet  pot 

9 

0 

0 

7 

303    8  0 


Oct.  23  For  caring  6  chairs  over 


9 
10 


the  Alps  cald  Munt 

Sines  to  men  to  drink    12    0    0      0  10  6 
Sundry  things  layd 
out  by  Bower 
for  Gibson  when 

sick         .  8  11  0    7  9 

For  4  chases  and  a  sadle 
horse  from  Lyon  to 
Turin  giveing  as  din- 
ner and  super  and  car- 


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[Foreign  Tour] 

ing  us  over  the  Alps, 

40  Lewidors 
to  the  Camariers  from 

Lyons  to  Turin 
Serchers  the  Duan  at 

Novalies  . 


Stg. 

[French]  £  s.  d. 
960    0    0    42    0  0 

8  15    0      0    7  8 

2    0    0      0    1  9 


1  1779  13    0    77    9  6 


the  sequin  is  9  livers  1 

1731,  Turin 
Oct.  27   For  coaches  at  8  Livers 
a  day 

Persico  and  other  waters 
Seeing  Palices  and  other 
places 

La  Boundanc  the  foot- 
mat  [sic]  30  st.  p.  day 
and  something  to  drink 

opera  tickets 

Mr.  Banker  at 

Turin  Commission  for 
200£ 

Lodging  and  entertain- 
ment 5  nights  and  4 
day  at  Turin 

For  drink  money 
upon  the  road 
lay  at  Syany       1  0 
30  dind  at  Versiles  15 

lay  at  Navar  1  0 

Serchers  at  Bourg- 

deversail  .  2  10 

(not  summed  into  account) 

For  4  chases  and  a 
sadle  horse  from 


St.  here 

28  10  0  1  11  8 

6  15  0  0    7  6 

33    0  0  1  16  8 

7  10  0  0    8  4 
12    0  0  0  13  6 

37  10  0  2    1  8 

229  13  0  12  15  2 


1  Wrongly  summed  by  Lady  Grisell. 


324  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1731 


[Foreign  Tour] 

Turin  to  Rom 

in  twenty  days 

with  2  mails  a 

day  180  sequins  1710 
the  Coshers  to 

drink  4    .         38     1748    0  0 
6  geografical  maps  18    0  0 


Stg. 
£   s.  d. 


95    0  0 


2  3 
0  0 


2120  18    0  117  16  9 


Millan,  1  November  1731 
a  sequin  here  is  14  livers 


For  seeing  Ecco 

4 

10 

0 

3 

5 

Tomb 

4 

0 

0 

3 

0 

Palaces,  Liberrary 

Hospitall  in  all 

20 

0 

0 

15 

0 

2  days  2  coaches 

36 

15 

1 

7 

7 

Bourgon  footman 

4 

10 

0 

3 

5 

Lantron 

1 

0 

0 

0 

9 

Cinamon  water 

1 

14 

0 

1 

4 

the    Countes  of 

Borameas  ser- 

vant brought 

us  chocolet 

2 

5 

0 

1 

9 

Servant  St.  Ber- 

nardo 

0 

15 

0 

0 

8 

3  Nights  Lodging 

and  entertain- 

ment      .  108 

5 

4 

1 

2 

a  footman  . 

8 

0 

0 

6 

0 

191  14    0      7    3  10 

Plasentia  here  a  sequin  is  20  Julios 
For  seing  Churches 

Palices  etc.  .  .  18  0  0  0  9  5 
Camarier     .        .        .4    0    0     0    2  1 


22    0    0      0  11  6 


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[Foreign  Tour] 

Parma,  here  and  in  all  Italy  where  we  went  till  we  came 
to  Naples  a  sequin  is  20  and  sometimes  20|  Pol  or  Julios 
10  byoks  is  a  Poul. 

Stg. 


(name 
erased) 


Reggie 
Modena 


£ 

s. 

d. 

carred  over 

22 

0 

0 

0 

11 

6 

For  diner  at 

Parma 

28 

0 

0 

14 

7 

The  5  servants 

7 

5 

0 

3 

10 

Milk  . 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7. 

Tobaco 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

wine  . 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

finding  books  was 

lost 

6 

0 

0 

3 

2 

a  woman  in  Regio 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

serchers 

.  1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

frute  . 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

Sending    to  Mr. 

0 

5 

o 

o 

2 

61 

0 

0 

To   Gosolas  ser- 

vant 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

galary 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Theater 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

Palaces 

12 

0 

0 

6 

3 

Coachman  . 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

footman 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

camarier 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

For  seeng  Palaces 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

more  . 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

camaries 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

44 

0 

0 

For  seeing  Paleses 

10 

0 

0 

5 

2 

footman 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

Passage  gilt 

Severals  . 

13 

0 

0 

6 

9 

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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

£    s.  d. 

Camarrir     .  2    0  0    1  0 


28 


Bulonia 


For  sasageses 

22 

10 

0 

11 

9 

a  Scots  pint  of 

waters 

12 

0 

0 

6 

3 

wax  cloth  to 

trunks 

8 

0 

0 

4 

2 

bad  brandy 

6 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Tobaco 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

Messages  to 

Dulioly  . 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

books 

6 

0 

0 

3 

2 

2  gramers  . 

6 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Duan  sercher 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

seing  palaces 

19 

0 

0 

9 

11 

seing  instituto 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Coledge 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

Coches 

58 

0 

1 

10 

3 

footman 

9 

0 

0 

4 

9 

Lodging  and 

entertainment 

102 

0 

Camarier 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

266  10    0      2  13  2 


Loretta 


16  For  lodging  only 

12 

0 

0 

6 

fish  . 

3 

5 

0 

1 

Seing  St.  Casa 

6 

0 

0 

3 

Seeing  Treasurs 

6 

0 

0 

3 

a  footman  . 

2 

0 

0 

1 

to  a  woman 

Pilgram  . 

1 

0 

0 

0 

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a  guid  to  Cascad  £   s.  d. 

at  Terny  .  3    0  0    1  7 


33    5  0 


To  Camariers  upon 
the  road 
17  Dind  at  Matcher- 


ata  . 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

lay  at  Toranteens 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

Dind    Ponta  de 

latravo 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

lay  at  Seravala 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

Dind  at  Foligna 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

lay  at  Spoletta 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

Dind  and  lav  at 

Terne 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

buger  plumbs  and 

frute 

4 

8 

0 

2 

4 

Dind  at  Narni 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

lay  at  Uticoly 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

a  Prist  at  Narni 

to  see  reliks 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

Dind  at  Chevita 

costelata  . 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

lay  at  Castle  Nov 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

1 

0    24  18  0 

0 

0 

6 

479    3  0 

12 

9 

10 

We  came  to  Rome  the  23  Novrn1"  at  one  a  clock  of  the 
day  1731,  here  a  sequin  is  still  20  Julios  or  Pols  in  some 
payments  |  poul  more,  a  sequin  is  2  Phillips,  there  is  half 
phillips  and  quater  phillips  which  is  2  and  a  half  Poul.  A 
Powl  is  10  byocks,  there  is  half  and  quarter  pouls  and  5 
quotrins  for  a  byock. 


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[Foreign  Tour] 


Rome,  23  Novmr,  173. 

Stg. 

For   passage    at  the 

Julios 

by. 

q- 

bridge 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

Duan   serening  bagage 

overly 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

At  the  Port  for  bagage 

5 

5 

0 

0 

2 

9 

Mrs.  Cotten  a  sequin 

20 

0 

0 

0 

10 

5 

Mr.  Hays  man  for  wine 

3 

0 

0 

0 

1 

7 

wax  candle  . 

3 

0 

0 

0 

1 

7 

a  hamper  and  cords  for 

wine 

4 

9 

0 

0 

2 

4 

Suger  at  16  byocks  the 

ffi.  .        .  . 

8 

5 

0 

0 

4 

4 

Coaches  at  12  pouls  pr. 

day 

144 

0 

0 

3 

15 

0 

Lodging  and  entertain- 

ment 3  times  a  day  ex- 

cept Tee  and  suger  for 

8  days  3  sequins  a  day 

at  20  Julios,  in  all  24 

sequins 

480 

0 

0 

12 

10 

0 

to  the  cook  2 

testoun    .           6  0 

0 

3 

2 

to  the  camarier      3  0 

0 

1 

7 

to   the   maid  a 

testoun    .           3  0 

12 

0 

0 

0 

1 

7 

to  vincent  the  footman 

27 

0 

0 

0 

14 

1 

Ld  M       l's  servant 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Sir  Thomas  Derhams 

servant  . 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Mr.  Hays  servant 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Countes  Bolanetis  Ser- 

vants 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Corsini  the  Pops 

Nephews  servants 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Prince  St.  Abonys  ser- 

vants 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 
Books  of  Travels  Mr  .  .fulios  by.  q. 


Elphiston 

36    0  0 

0 

17 

2 

For   seeing  Mo- 

saickwork 

6 

0 

0 

1 

7 

Bustas 

i 
i 

u 

A 

u 

u 

a 
o 

bt.  Lnorls  Lnurcn 

1 

0 

0 

0 

o 

villa  Borghese 

4 

u 

u 

o 

Z 

1 

Borghese  Palice 

o 

6 

0 

0 

1 

7 

j:  arnesi  Jr  anc 

Q 

o 

11 

u 

n 
u 

X 

4 

the  famous  Bull 

there  . 

1 
1 

u 

n 

a 
u 

Pamphili  Palic 

o 

o 

0 

0 

1 

7 

Barberini  Palice 

D 

u 

u 

o 
o 

Justiniani  Palic 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

the  Vatican  . 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

v  ma      x  anipnin 

Pal 
jr  ai  . 

/i 

u 

n 
u 

i 
i 

seting  up  coacn 

trier 

O 

0 

0 

o 

o 

2 

l~r»£»  \  mr\nitnPQf pr 
Lilt  X3.II1UI11  LllCdtCl 

L 

Collona  Palic 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

For  entering  the 

Kingdom  of 

Naples 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

Mala  Duan  . 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

Naples  Duan 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

  56    0  0 

Deem  5  For  4  Chases  by  the  Pro- 
catcho  and  a  sadle 
horse  from  Rom  to 
Naples  in  5  days  with 
2  Mails  a  day  26  se- 
quins and  2  to  drink    560    0    0    14  10  8 


S  1398  19    0    36    8  2 


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[Foreign  Tour] 

Naples,  Wedensday,  5  Decr  N.S.,  1731. 


Stg. 


For  2  Doz  Naples 

D.  c.  g. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

chena  plats 

7 

2  0 

0 

2 

11 

6  basket  chamber 

pots 

0 

6  4 

0 

2 

7 

5  water  basons 

0 

5  0 

0 

2 

0 

6  Chamber  ston 

pots 

0 

6  0 

0 

2 

5 

8  earthen  pots 

kitchen  . 

0 

7  2 

0 

2 

11 

3  Kitchen  pots 

more 

0 

3  0 

0 

1 

2 

a  big  water  jar 

0 

1  8 

0 

0 

9 

2  sauce  pans 

0 

0  6 

0 

0 

3 

2  big  blew  and 

white  bouls 

0 

3  8 

0 

1 

6 

6  Tee  cups  10 

Come  cups  and 

saucers  and  4 

little  bouls 

2 

5  0 

0 

10 

0 

6  Ivery  Knives 

and  forks 

3 

8  0 

0 

15 

2 

2  Tee  pots  . 

0 

1  9 

0 

0 

9 

a  boyling  and  2 

washing  basons  3  8  0 

0 

1 

6 

12  cristal  wine 

glases 

1 

4  0 

0 

5 

7 

12    slight  wine 

glases 

0 

2  4 

0 

1 

0 

2  emits 

0 

2  4 

0 

1 

0 

10  water  glayses 

0 

8  0 

0 

3 

2 

12  small  carafs 

1 

4  4 

0 

5 

9 

4|  Doz.  wine 

flasks 

0 

5  4 

0 

2 

2 

2  salet  Dishes 

0 

2  4 

0 

1 

0 

a  Tee  pot  . 

0 

0  7 

0 

0 

3 

15    9  4 


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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

Mr.  Douglasses  man's        D.  c.  g.  £  s.  d. 

service     .        .  .      2  8    0  0  11  2 

Cleaning  the  house  .      0  9    9  0    3  9 


19    7    3      3  18  9 

Naples  Caried  over  19  17    3     3  18  9 

For  33  J  can  Hag- 
abag  for  5  doz. 
Tee  napkins 

fringd       .        23  2  5  4  13  0 

4  doz.  hagabag 

napkins  7  ca.  20  3  0  4    1  2 

4  can  hagabag  2 

tablecloths        2  8  0  0  11  2 

32  Napens  and  4 

Table  cloaths 

of  German 

Dyaper  35  0  0  7    0  0 

3  Naples  Dyaper 

Tablecloths        8  5  0  1  14  0 

some  second 

hand  linen       16  8  0  3    7  2 

4  lan  towels  finer    2  8  5  0  11  4 

  109    2  0 

To  Francisko  foot- 
mans  wage     .870  1  14  9 

Cooks  wages  at 

6D.  pr  mo.       14  10  2  16  5 

Fransiska  the 
maid  15  car- 
lins  pr  Moneth 

to  her  0  6  0  0    2  5 

23    4  0 


1731  For  house  rent  a  moneth 
January  28  to  this  day 


40 


0    0      8    0  0 


332 


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[1732 


[Foreign  Tour] 

making  a  Chimny 

For  coach  and  horses  a 

Moneth  to  6  Janr. 
For  coaches  to  see  Presa- 

pias.  etc.  . 
For  a  Millan  Chase 
To  Saverios  child  2  C. 

taylor  2  Car. 
For  mending  smokie 

chimny  . 
To  a  cook  . 
To  Fransisca  the  maid 

of  wages  . 
To  Saverio  of  wages  at 

10D.  pr  Month 
To  the  french  cook  at 

7D.  pr.  Month  . 
Febr  4      For     the      coach  a 

Moneth  . 
For  House  Rent  a 

moneth  the 
For  letters  . 
For   cariing  Chease  to 

Rome 

For  two  Millan  chases  . 
For  bringing  home  the 

chases 
For  glasses  . 
For  a  Coach  to  see  Presa- 

pias,  etc.  . 
For  a  Balcony  to  see  the 

car  .... 
For  a  Lodge  at  the  opera 

a  night 
For  2  trunks 
To  St.  Francis  Church 
To  Saverio  of  wages 


Stg. 

D.  c.  g.  £    s.  d. 

5  0  0  1    0  0 

40  0  0  8    0  0 

3  3  0  0  13  2 

52  5  0  10  10  0 

0  4  0  0    1  7 

5  5  0  1    2  0 

0  8  0  0    3  2 

0  8  0  0    3  2 

14  0  0  2  16  0 

2  0  0  0    8  0 

40  0  0  8    0  0 

40  0  0  8    0  0 

2  2  0  0    8  10 

2  0  0  0    8  0 

91  0  0  18  4  0 

0  6  0  0    2  5 

0  8  0  0    3  2 


1  2  0  0  4  10 
4    0    0      0  16  0 


3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

8 

0 

0 

1 

12 

0 

1732]  OF  LADY  CxRISELL  BAILLIE 


333 


[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

To  the  French  cook  John     D.  c.  g.     £    s.  d. 

of  wages  .        .        .      7    0    0      1    8  0 
To  Francesca  maid  in  full 

of  3  moneth  wages    .      3    10     0  12  5 
27  For  a  moneth  and  a  half 
house  Rent  to  the  12 

of  March  .        .        .    60    0    0    12    0  0 
March  6    For  the  coach  a  moneth 

this  day  .        .        .    40    0    0     8    0  0 
For  making  30  lb. 

chocalet  in  house  book 
24  pound  coco 

nuts        .         9  6  0  1  18  5 

14  pound  powder 

suger       .         1  8  0  0    7  2 

4  ounces  vinellas    6  6  6  1    6  8 

4  oun  cinamon      0  5  3  0    2  2 


18  5  9 


Naples 

From  Day  house  Books 
from  5  Decm  1731  to 
the  1st  March  1732 


Ap.  14 


N.S. 

603 

9 

1 

120 

15 

7 

For  House  Rent  a  moneth 

40 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

For  Saverias  wages 

10 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

The   Cook   a  moneths 

wages 

7 

0 

0 

1 

8 

0 

To  Francisco  a  moneths 

wages 

1 

5 

0 

0 

6 

0 

To  Nicola  the  Boy  a 

moneth  . 

1 

5 

0 

0 

6 

0 

To  the  Cook  at  Soriento 

of  his  wages 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

For  95  Can  gas  at  22  and 

24  g.  for  beds  . 

21 

2 

0 

4 

4 

10 

To  Nicolla  in  full  wages 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

334 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  3  chases  to  Putsola     D.  c.  g. 

and  Bara,  etc.  .  .390 
For  expenses  at  Neros 

Baths,  etc.       .        .      6  10 
To  the  Chasemen         .      0    6  0 
30  For  House  Rent  to  this 
day 

For  a  coach  and  2  horses 

2  Moneths 
For  20  packs  of  cards 
For  3  chases  to  Castle 

Marc 
To  the  Chase  men 
To  French  Cook  a 

moneths  wages 
May  2     To  Saverio  a  moneth 

this  day  . 
10  To  Francisco  the  Maid 

moneth  . 
To  Nicol  cook  boy  a 

moneth  and  2  days 
25  To  Francisco  cook  boy 

28  days    .        .        .14  0 


s.  d. 

15  7 

4  5 

2  5 


26    0    0      5    4  0 


80  0  0 

2  2  0 

6  0  0 
0  6  0 

7  0  0 
10  0  0 


16 
0 

1 
0 


0  0 


7    0  0 


0  0 
8  10 

4  0 
2  5 

8  0 

0  0 

6  0 

6  10 

5  8 


1  1448    0    4  291  13  2 


Naples. 


May  3 
1732 


The  Furniture  for  our  House 
At  Portiche  and  removing 

For  Naples 
3  Doz  Plates 

2  soup  basons 

3  Dishes 
2  Dishes 


a  boul  \  caraf 
12  Jelly  glases 


1  6 

7  0 

8  0 
5  0 
1  4 


0  7  2 


0  4  8 

0  2  10 

0  3  2 

0  2  0 

0  0  7 

0  2  9 


This  summation  should  be  1 458    o  4. 


1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  335 


[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 


Portice 
4  May 


1732 
Naples 
Portice 
June  2 


12  Earthen 

D. 

c. 

g- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Candlesticks 

0  6  0 

0 

2 

5 

6  pr.  snuffers 

0  6  6 

0 

2 

8 

36  white  wicker 

chairs   at  15 

grains  the  peace 

5  4  0 

1 

1 

7 

3  can  bedin  to 

cookboy  . 

0  6  0 

0 

2 

5 

a  looking  glas 

10  0 

0 

4 

0 

yron  grate  to 

stove  hal  . 

0  6  4 

0 

2 

7 

Nails ' . 

0  10 

0 

0 

5 

13 

0 

2 

Serening  our 

goods  at  Duan 

13  0 

0 

5 

2 

ffelucas  with  goods 

and  ourselves 

5  3  0 

1 

1 

2 

Whiting  the 

house 

3  5  0 

0 

14 

0 

Cleaning  house 

0  8  0 

0 

3 

2 

chases  with  ser- 

vants 

2  5  0 

0 

10 

0 

13 

4 

0 

nails  4g 

4 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

2 

Porters  for  caring  goods 

8 

5 

0 

1 

14 

0 

Coper  pots  17  qrtf 

8 

6 

1 

1 

14 

5 

yron  things,  spits,  etc 

2 

0 

8 

0 

8 

4 

To   Saveria   a  months 

wages  to  this  day 

10 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

To  cook  a  moneths  wages 

to  this  day 

7 

0 

0 

1 

8 

0 

To  Francisco  cook  in  full 

this  day  . 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

2 

336 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 


D.  c.  g. 

s. 

Q. 

To  washing  table  linen 

0    8  0 

o 

3 

2 

For  32  can  cords 

to  beds 

10  7 

0 

4 

o 
O 

80  yron  rings 

0  2  2 

0 

0 

11 

2  ounces  scarlet 

silk 

0  6  0 

0 

2 

5 

Taylor  10  days 

4  0  0 

0 

16 

0 

more  rings,  etc., 

to  beds 

0  3  1 

0 

1 

3 

6    2  0 

30  To-day  book  from  the  1st 
March  to  the  1st  of 

July  being  4  moneths  632  11  7  126  12  8 
To  hear  Carastin 1  sing  .  5  0  0  1  0  0 
Augt.  16  To  cary  a  bed  to  Naples  0  6  0  0  2  5 
For  the  coach  to 

Angelo  36    0  7    4  0 

For  the  coach  to 

1  Augt.  7w.       54    0  10  16  0 

90    0  0 

To  the  vanditor  4 
Moneth  1 

Septmr.  .  53  00  53  3  4  10  13  5 
To  Mr.  Saveria  of 

wages      .         12  50  2  10  0 

To  the  cook  2  ms. 

2  Aug.  .  14  00  2  16  0 
Francisco  Maid  2 

August  3  m.        4  50  0  18  0 

To  Frances  Kit- 
chen boy  .  2  50  0  10  0 

Giovanni  Carestini,  born  about  1705.  1  His  voice,  at  first  a  powerful  clear 
soprano,  afterwards  changed  to  the  fullest,  finest,  deepest  contralto  ever  perhaps 
heard.' — Groves's  Dictionary  of  Music,  etc.  Carestini  made  his  debut  in  London 
under  Handel  on  4th  December  1733.  He  was  a  tall,  handsome  man,  and  a 
very  good  actor. 


1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


337 


[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 

To  Joseph  Kit-  d.  c.  g.     £  s.  d. 

chen  boy  10  Aug.  3  50  0  14  0 

To  Lowrenc  a 

Month  22  Aug.    5  00  1    0  0 


To  Indian  rute 

Portice 
Octr2    To  the  Cook  2 

moneth  2d.  Oct.  14 
22  To  Lorensine  to 

this  day  2  mo.  10 
ToMushet  .  5 
To  Francisco  the 

maid  to  18  Octr.  3 
To  Joseph  cook 

boy  to  10  Novr  6 
To  Frances  coach- 
man       .  1 


42    0  0 
0    5    0     0    2  0 


0  2  16  0 

0  2    0  0 

0  10  0 

0  0  12  0 

0  14  0 

0  0    4  0 


39    0  0 

To  Nicola  Gove- 
glio,  coach  1  Mo. 

hire  .  .  .  36  0  0  7  4  0 
To  Guisc  Attanassio  on 

acct.  of  house  rent  .  100  0  0  20  0  0 
To  Notaro  di  Roma  pr 

the  Policy  .  .10  0  0  4  0 
For  the  coach  a  Moneth 

byToriano  .  .  36  0  0  7  4  0 
For  coach  horses  to  1st 

November  from  Angelo 

viti  a  moneth   .        .    36    0    0     7    4  0 
To  venditor 
at  the  1st  November 

for  2  monthes  .        .    26    6    0     5    6  5 
For  carts  at  4|  car- 
lins  with  goods 


338 


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[Foreign  Tour]  Stg. 


Naples 


d.  c.  g. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

from  Portice  to 

Naples 

5  75 

1 

2 

11 

porters  2  carl. 

each  cart 

1  80 

0 

7 

2 

to  drink 

0  30 

0 

1 

3 

Birris  at  Bridge 

several  times 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

caring  more  good 

2  40 

0 

9 

7 

bring  a  press 

0  25 

0 

1 

0 

puting    up  Da- 

mask curtins 

0  30 

0 

1 

3 

a  cloath  to  cover 

the  carts  . 

0  30 

0 

1 

3 

12    1  0 

For  abed  at  Mr.  Temples 

12  0 

0 

4 

10 

For  a  tee  boord 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

a  hagabag  table- 

cloathe  . 

1  70 

0 

6 

10 

12  rush  chairs 

1  80 

0 

7 

3 

a  coper  pot  24  gr 

ounce      .  , 

1  56 

0 

6 

3 

2  doz.  Tee  Nap- 

kins 

7  20 

1 

8 

10 

4  can  hagabag  7 

Carlins     .  2  80  0  11  2 

16    0  6 

To  ventitor  in 

pairt  of  100  Ducats 
for  6  moneth  begin- 
ning the  1st.  of  Novr 

1732  .  .  .  20  0  0  4  0  0 
To  Caposhins  and  Saints 

Pictors  .  ...  0  8  0  0  3  2 
For  our  coach  from  Angelo 

for  the  moneth  of  Novr   36    0    0     7    4  0 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  339 


[Foreign  Tour] 

Stg. 

d.  c.  g.  £ 

s. 

d. 

To  cooks  wage  to 

2  Decr  . 

14 

0 

2 

16 

0 

To  Lorrance  to 

22  Novr  . 

5 

0 

1 

0 

0 

To  Joseph  under 

cook  in  full 

4 

0 

0 

16 

0 

Fransisco  Maid  to 

18  Novr.  . 

1 

50 

0 

6 

0 

For    2   hatts  to 

John  and  James 

2 

40 

0 

9 

7 

To     Calabria  a 

moneth  15  Decr 

2 

0 

0 

8 

0 

28    9  0 

To  Cap*  Piels  ships  crew  2  7  0  0  10  10 
To  horses  to  the  Consols 

coach  etc  .      1    4    0     0    5  7 

Friday  14  For  chair  men  etc.        .      1    2    0     0    4  10 
we  came  To  Caposhins       .        .      0    4    0     0    1  7 
to  NaplesFrom  Day  House  Book 
from  1st  July  to  the 
1st  Decembr  being  5 

Moneths  .        .        .  765    0    7  153    0  3 

1733 

To  cooks  wages  to  D.   C.  gr. 

2  January  7    0  18  0 

To  Lowrencon  to 

2  ms.  22  Janr.    12    0  2    8  0 

To  Calabria  cook 

boy  full   .  1  50  0    6  0 

To  Francisco  Maid 

to  18  Janr.  3    0  0  12  0 

To  a  Cook  Xmas 

daj  .  2    0  0    8  0 


To  Angelo 


25    5  0 

for 


340 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 

2  Moneths  to  the  1st  d. 

Febr.       .  •  .  72 

To  the  vanditor  in  pairt 

of  100  D*  for  6  moneth 

which  is  not  full  17  D* 

pr  moneth  and  this 

maks  60  Dts.  . 
For  bringing  cheases 

from  Hammons        .  0 
To  Prests    .  0  50 

old  shiets    .  2  50 

James   bedin  in 

ship         .  6  32 

custom  house  for 

trunks     .  3  95 

rubarb        .  2  55 

  15 

For  repairing  cheases    .  1 
febr  2    To  Mark  Cook  boy  to  6 

feb.  1  mo.        .        .  1 
To  House  Book  in 

Decmr1732 
To  Dn  Guiseppe  Atten- 

assio  on  account  of 

house  Rent 
For  lock  and  repairs  at 

Portice  . 

Naples 
1733 

March  26  To  the  venditor  in 

full  for  Moneths  5 

For   our   coach  1 
March      .  36 

Ditt   to   the  27 
March      .  30 


165 


50 


20 


0 


0 


To  Portice  House  Rent 
for  a  year 


66 


170 


c.  g.  £  s.  d. 
0    0    14    8  0 


40    0    0      8    0  0 

3    0      0    1  3 

0    2  0 

0  10  0 

15  4 

0  15  10 

0  10  2 

8  2 

2    0      0    4  10 

5    0     0    6  0 

7  8|  33    3  1 

0    0    10    0  0 

8  6      0  19  5 


0    0      4  0  0 

7  4  0 

6  0  0 

0  0 

0    0    34  0  0 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  341 


[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 


To  the  house  at  Naples 

d. 

c. 

g- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

in  full  of  200  D 

50 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

For  letters  by  Hammons 

acou  in  17  Mon 

52 

5 

9 

10 

10 

4 

To  Sigr.  Spelteras 

Jour- 

ney  to  England 

76 

6 

0 

15 

6 

5 

To  Ditt  of  wages  5£  Str. 

65 

0 

0 

13 

0 

0 

To  John  the  Cook  in  full 

of  wages  . 

21 

0 

0 

4 

4 

0 

To  Fransisco  of  wages  . 

3 

4 

0 

0 

13 

7 

To  Mark  under  cook 

3 

1 

0 

0 

12 

5 

For  jack  boots 

2  82 

0 

11 

3 

buff  britches  1  D. 

42g. 

2  42 

0 

9 

8 

5 

2 

4 

To  Erasmus  Rol- 

land 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

Mr.  Golds  Maid 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

Sigr  Stef ano  a  hat 

3  0 

0 

12 

0 

Capusins  and 

Preasts 

0  20 

0 

0 

10 

the   Consul  and 

Tories  servants 

1  50 

0 

6 

0 

Marquis  R.  . 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

Faranta  Mr. 

Temples  man 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

Gratcia 

1  0 

0 

4 

0 

9 

7 

0 

For  259  Rottolo 

hambs  36  of  yni 

25  90 

5 

3 

7 

bring  them  from 

Soriento  and 

puting  them  a 

boord  in  the  Moll 

2  30 

0 

9 

3 

3  Parmozan  cheases 


165  lb.     .         43  85  8  15  4 


all  sent  home 


72    0  5 


342  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1733 

[Fore'gn  Tour]  Sterling 


For  Maccarony  at  7|g. 

d. 

c. 

gr.  £ 

s. 

d. 

10,   11,  13,  14 

gr  pr. 

Rott.  all  sent  home  69 

Rottolo  of  it 

8 

0 

31  1 

12 

1 

4501 

7 

0  902 

11 

10 

For  rpnairincr 

Chases 

13  50 

1 4, 

0 

Ditt  . 

3  71* 

0 

14 

9 

Ditt  2D.  94g.  ID. 

73p\ 

4fc  O/ 

0 

18 

AC? 

8 

days  wages  to 

workmen 

3  60 

25 

4 

0 

14 

5 

For  mending 

sadles 

1  20 

0 

4 

10 

caring  trunks  and 

sighting  yn} 

3  30 

0 

13 

3 

postilions  to  ty  on 

bagag 

0  05 

0 

0 

H 

stra  to  lay  bagage 

right  . 

0  07 

4 

6 

0 

2 

0 

H 

The  expense  of  our  Jour- 
ney in  the  Kingdom  of 

Naples  to  Rome  51    1    0    10    4  5 

From  Household  book 
from  1  January  1733 
to  the  22nd  of  March 

1733        .        .        .  333    2    5    66  13  0 


4916    1    5|985  9  8 

1  this  in  English  money  at  510  Ducats  for  100£  Sterline  is 
960£  2  shillins. 


1  Lady  Grisell  here  takes  the  ducat  as  worth  3s.  1  id.  sterling.  In  the 
editor's  calculations  the  ducat  has  been  taken  as  worth  4s.  ;  hence  the  dis- 
crepancy. 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  343 


[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 
Bring  back  Rome  ex-       julio  by 
penc  which  is    .        .  554    2  9 
2  crouns  is  a  sequin,  a  se- 
quin 20  Julios,  this  in 
English  money  is  138 
guinys£l45  8  6 
reckoning  20  Julios  or 
pauls  half  a  guiny 

£  by. 

Bring  back  Bolome  sum 

of    .        .        .        .1160  13  4 

this  in  English  money  10£ 
10  byocks  to  a  sequin 
57£  16  shillins  . 


Rome,  1733 

March  29  For  our  journey  from 
Terracina  to  Rome 
Apl.  22  For  our  journey  from 
Rome  to  Florence  and 
from  Florence  to  Bal- 
onia 

For  seeing  Churches 
Palices  and  villas  9D 
6  P.  of  it  for  the  great 
Duks  Gallarie  . 

For  Chease  repairs 

For   cords    5p.  caring 
cheases 

For  greess  . 

For  porters  to  Duan,  etc. 

For  7  days  coach  Mezar- 
eri  week,  20  pouls 

10  days  at  12  pauls 

For  2  coaches  2  days  . 

To  Mr.  Strods  contribu- 
tion 

To  Mrs.  Cottan  . 


Touns  p.  byocks  Stg. 
164    8    0      43    4  2 


37 

8 

0 

9 

18 

5 

40 

4 

0 

10 

12 

1 

0 

6 

8 

0 

3 

4 

0 

7 

7 

0 

3 

10 

1 

4 

0 

0 

7 

4 

14 

0 

0 

3 

13 

6 

12 

0 

0 

3 

3 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1 

6 

3 

4 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

344  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1733 


[Foreign  Tour]  St. 
To  Mr.  Hamiltons  ser- 
vant 
To  coachman 
For  a  syrang  2  D  a  box 

for  it  lp  3d. 
For  2  brushes  lp.  5  paper 

6     .        .  . 
To  Angelo  the  footman 
To  Lowrensin  to  cary 

him  to  Naples  . 
To  mend  boots  and 

baginet  . 
Florence  For  repairs  of  Cheases  ID 

9  washing,  etc.  5 
For    nails    and  gemlet 

8Sc.  and  caring  chease 

2p  

For  essenes  for  us  all  and 

orang  butter 
For  2  ounces  apaplectick 

balsom 
To  the  house  and  cook 

here 

For  letters  for  Mr. 
Temple  3p.  for  our- 
selves 

For  a  coach  17  days  at 
9  pauls  pr  day  . 

For  pometam 

For  Lodging  and  enter- 
tainment at  Madam 
Pettits  for  5  days  50 
9  wax  candle,  suger, 

etc.  5  5  4  .        .    56    4    4    14  16  2 

To  Ditt  14  Days  at  48 
Pauls  a  day  and  to 

servants  2D.     .        .    86    7    0    22  15  2 
Jossipies  For  Ditt  at  a  f rench  house 


cr. 

P- 

£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

7 

0 

7 

0 

0 

3 

8 

2 

1 

0 

3 

0 

11 

1 

0 

2 

1 

0 

1 

1 

5 

1 

0 

1 

6 

9 

4 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

3 

5 

0 

1 

9 

2 

4 

0 

0 

12 

7 

0 

2 

8 

0 

1 

3 

14 

9 

0 

3 

18 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

15 

3 

9 

4 

0 

4 

0 

1 

5 

0 

0 

8 

1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  345 


[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 
May  26        18  days  40C.  pr  day    cr.  p.  by.  £     s.  d. 
french         etc.    3     .        .        .    80    4    8    21    2  4 

house   

brought  all  from  house 

book        .        .        .  554    2    9  145    7  7 

here  a  sequin  is  10  Liners  10  byocks,  and  l£  is  2  pauls, 
and  12  demi  is  a  byock 

Balonia 

15  May     For  2  Cheases  to  Palazzo   £    by  D 
1733        Albegote  with  Lady 
Essex   12£,  voitarins 


men  to  drink  £4  10  . 

16 

10 

0 

0 

16 

6 

For  a  coach  23  days  at 

10  pauls  pr  day 

131 

0 

0 

6 

11 

0 

For  our  lodging  at  1 J  se- 

quin for  26  days 

408 

10 

0 

20 

8 

6 

For  4  linch  pins  2£  rops 

7£  . 

9 

0 

0 

0 

9 

0 

For  puting  in  cheases  l£ 

mending  pistols 

4 

10 

0 

0 

4 

6 

For  a  saddle        .  . 

11 

10 

0 

0 

11 

6 

To  Lowra  the  maid,  2 

pistols  at  36  pauls 

36 

0 

0 

1 

16 

0 

From  House  Book 

420 

13 

4 

21 

0 

8 

Going  Post  to  Franco- 

lina  5J  post  pr  acct.  1037 

13 

4 

to  be  added  123£  to 

this 

6 

3 

0 

1160 

13 

4 

58 

0 

8 

Vinice 

11  June  For  2  piots  in  3  days  from 
Francolina  9  florence 
sequins  at  21  paul 
which  is  here  21  Linrie 


346  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 

Sterling. 

and  to  the  rowers  3£ 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

8  byoks  or  soldis  de- 

vide  this  in  3  pairts  is 

126 

8 

0 

3 

3 

2 

painters  maid  2£  paper 

wax  etc.  4£ 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

For  a  Gundala  8  days  at 

8£  pr  day 

64 

0 

0 

1 

12 

0 

For   lodging   and  enter- 

tainment in  a  French 

house  at  35£  per  day 

except  Tee  and  suger 

372 

0 

0 

9 

6 

0 

to  servants  who  served 

us  well    .  . 

24 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

for  frute  and  wine  in  the 

piot 

4 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

For  seeing  the  Doges 

Palice      and  other 

places 

12 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

3  glases  at  glass  work  . 

5 

0 

0 

0 

2 

6 

For  a  Barchella  to  Padua 

48  the  3d  is 

32 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

to  Rowers  . 

4 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

idua      For  Super,  breckf ast,  and 

diner  with  Sr  Rob 

Broun  and  Neil  Broun 

Consull.  . 

70 

0 

0 

1 

15 

0 

to  the  servant 

1 

10 

0 

0 

0 

8 

cariing  baggage 

To  a  scrivener  6£ 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

To  the  cetcerony  a  pistol 

1  rekon  it 

36 

0 

0 

0 

18 

0 

For  2  Coaches 

20 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

For  suger  wax  candle 

etc.  at  Vinice  . 

51 

9 

0 

1 

5 

9 

For  washing  at  Vinice  . 

24 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

Verona  For  grees  to 

cheases    .          5  0 

0 

2 

6 

a  coach  at  Verona    8  8 

0 

4 

2 

1733J  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  347 

[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 

£     s.  d.  £   s.  d. 

seeing  churches, 

etc.  there  6    0  0    3  0 


19    8  0 


877  15    0    21  18  9 

This  in  English  money  at  2143  £17  7  soldis  for  £50  is 
about  2l£  15s.  6. 

Frankford 

here  4  florins  and  15  Karmitens  is  a  unger 

Flo.  k. 

For  seeing  churches      .      2    7  0 
this  is  about  5  shillins  sterlin 


Vinice 


For  1  lb.  green  1  lb. 

Bohe  Tea         .        .    32  12    0     0  16  4 

For  25  lb.  Chocalet         112  10    0     2  16  3 

For  wax  candle  1,  17, 

letters  17£       .        .    18  17    0     0    9  5 

To  sum  brought  over    .  858    7  0 

To  Mr.  Smiths  Commis- 
sion        .        .        .    64    9    0      1  12  3 


S  1087  05  p 
bringdown  2l£  15  6 
and  ad  at  22£ 
in    a  sequin 
228  £18  which 
is    .  .550 


27    00  5 


For  our  Journey  from   d.    g.  d 
Padua  to  Aix   .        .  627    0  0 


348 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 


Sterling. 
£   s.  d. 


14  J  guiny  From  Padua  to  Trent 
 28J  sequins  at  22£ 


15    4  6 

73  16    8  From  Trent  to  Aix 


a  Post  Horse  48  38 
eating  and  lodgingllO  34 
odd  expences  33  14 


6  17 
13  16  5 
4    3  1 


expences  of  2  Florins  Kar. 

cheases    .       398  16  590  42    0    49  15  8 


From  Aix  to  Spa  for 


things  1431  shillin     .    71  15 

4  10  0 


£93  2  0 

For  our  journey  from 
Leige  to  Valensien  by 
a  particular  account  a 
pairt,  which  particular 


I  must  cary  to  Leger    327  19    0    14    9  9 
For  our  Journey  from 
Valencien  to  Paris  by 

a  particular  account  .  450  4  0  20  12  6 
For  our  journey  from 

Paris  to  Calice  by  ditt.  517  6  0  23  13  11 
To  the  Master  of  the  Sloup 

from  Calice  to  Dover     96    0    0     4    8  0 


journey  and  other 


L.  Su. 


1391  09  0 


this  at  1090  Livers  for 
£50  is  near  about  63£ 
Sterling  14  sh. 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  349 


[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 

Spa  £    s.  d. 
10  July    From  Day  House  Book 
1733        from  this  date  to  the  £  or 

22nd  Sepmr.  about     franc  s.  liers 

£39,  12Stg.       .         1464  5    2    85    8  0 


Sept.  22  For  2  cheases  with  18  0 

2  horses  each 

to  Liege     .       24  0 
2  riding  horses       8    0  0    9  4 

cariage  of  bagage 

and  postilions      7  15  0    2  0 

diner  for  14  at 

Chairfountain    24    5  1  10  3 

Leige,  24  2     night  super 

diner  and  break- 
fast, 7  of  us  and 

2  servants  at 

Mutton  blanc     40    0  2    6  8 

Brusles  25  For  3  nights  Lodg- 
ing and  eating. 

6  of  us     .         53    2  3    1  11 

to  servant  of  the 

house  2    10  0    2  1 

159  12  0 


1623  17  2 

This  at  1725£  for  100£ 
Str  is  £94    4    6  Stg. 
Paris,  October 

Tewsday  27  From  Daybook  from 
2  Oct.  to  the  date  here- 
of for  5  of  our  selves 

and  Mr.  Horatio  Man  320    0    0    14    2  0 
this  at  1090  Livers  for 
£50  stg  is  about  14£ 
2  sh.  Stirling, 


350  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1733 


[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling 

For  lodging  3  weeks  3  £   s.  d. 
days  at  le  otel  der 

Hambourg       315  315    0    0    13  17  6 

Sterling. 
£  s.  d. 

For  our  laces  at  Brusles    63  11  0 
Cambrick  at  Valensien  .    17    2  l£ 
Duty  at  Custom  house 

for  Cambrick    .        .      1    3  6| 
For  our  journey  from 

Dover  to  London,  6  of 

us  and  2  servants  pr. 

a  particular  account  .    16    8  8 
To  Mr.  Man  to  clear 

traveling  accounts     .      4    8  0 
For  silver  plate  111 

ounces  and  fashion    .    31  17  6 
For  gilding  the  porangers     12  6 


Leyden. 

Account  from  the  new  stil  that  we  came  to 

Roterdam  which  is  27  May  0  :  stil  of  expenses  only 
for  my  D  Grisie  and  I. 


G. 

St. 

D. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  washing 

2 

8 

0 

0 

4 

5 

For  a  piece  of  7  Snuff 

hander  chiefs  . 

11 

10 

0 

1 

1 

1 

For  5  J  Pertian  to  line 

wraper  at  28st  . 

7 

7 

0 

0 

13 

5 

To  a  writing  Apron  3  J  ell 

armapre  say  28 

4 

11 

0 

8 

4 

To   James   a   pair  of 

Stokins  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

3 

8 

For  a  pair  pockets 

1 

7 

0 

0 

2 

5 

To  John  a  pr.  stokins  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

3 

8 

3E73*]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


351 


[Foreign  Tour] 

To  2  pr.  threed  stokins 
mine 

For     making  Grisie's 

goun 
For  a  washing 
For  a  pair  pockets 
For  2  threeds  of  broad 

holland  19J  ell  54  st. 
For   50J   ell  holl  gris 

shifts  at  37  st.  . 
For  2  thrids  of  49  ells 

holland  at  4  gul. 
For  16J  holland  at  58 

sturs 

For  Mushets  holland  2£ 

Stirling  . 
To  Mushet  30  sh.  Str. 

errour  set  in  Leger  . 
To  Mrs.  Clench  for  6 

shirts 
For  tape  at  Harlem 
For  2  piece  green  hand- 

erchieff  . 
For  6  pr  thread  stockins 

Grisie 

To  5  pr.  thread  stockins 

for  Grisie  2g  18st 
For  2  pr  collerd  thread 

stockins  errour 
For  a  piece  broun 

handerchiefs  errour  . 
For  apron  Mushet 
Utright    For  a  purs  Grisie 

silver       .         17  10 
For  a  purs  Rachy 

ditt         .         17  10 
For  a  purs  litle 

gris        —       17  0 


Sterling. 


g- 

St. 

d. 

£ 

S. 

d. 

3 

14 

0 

0 

6 

9 

1 

14 

0 

0 

3 

1 

3 

0 

0 

0 

5 

6 

1 

6 

0 

0 

2 

4 

28  10    0      2  12  3 

91  11    8      8    7  11 

130  14    0    11  19  7 

52    4    0      4  15  8 

21  19  0  2  0  3 
00    0  0 

95  18    0      8  15  10 

10  15    4      0  19  8 

34    0    0      3    2  4 

21    0    0      1  18  6 

14    0    0      1    5  8 

0    0    0       0    0  0 

1    9    0      0    2  8 

1  12  1 

1  12  1 

1  11  2 


352  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1731 

[Foreign  Tour]  Sterling. 

For  3  velvet  purss  g.  st.  d.  £   s.  d. 

to  them   .        .  4  16  0    6  9 


For  2  pr.  gloves  Grisie 

and  I  . 
For  washing 
For  10  Dutch  els  yaly  (  ) 

silk  for  a  goan 
For  stokins  Grisie  29  2  st. 
For  2  pr  under  stokins 

Gris  2  g  2  st.  . 
For  a  pr  baver 

stokins  \ .  .  3  0 
a  pr  baver  gloves    1  4 


56  16  0 

1  8  0  0  2  7 
3  13    0      0  6  8 

70    0    0      6  8  4 

2  2    0      0  3  10 

2    2    0      0  3  10 

0  5  6 

0  2  2 


litle  come  pot 

a  litle  lock  to  come  pot 

litle  copper  ketle  . 

For  a  pr  thread  stok 

under  stokins  Gris 
For  4  piece  tape 

10,  5,  7,  6  .  1  12 
buttons  ,       0  3 


For  a  wagone  to  loonup- 

stant       .  . 
expenses  at  loonupstant 1 

put  to  Grisies  slives 
For  4 \  ells  hollen  for  my 

west  coats 
For  the  silver  conforture 


4 

4 

0 

2 

4 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

0 

2 

2 

1 

10 

0 

0 

2 

9 

0 

2 

11 

0 

0 

3 

1 

15 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

11 

0 

1 

4 

0 

0 

2 

2 

9 

9 

0 

0 

17 

4 

14 

0 

0 

3 

2 

4 

740    9    6    67  14  11 


1  This  line  has  been  interlined,  and  no  doubt  refers  to  the  immediately  suc- 
ceeding entry. 


1731]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  353 


[Foreign  Tour] 
Mostrick.    At  this  place  37  skillins,  and  each  skilling  10  St, 

is  in  a  guiny. 


Aix 

37  sk.  4 
Marks  in 
a  guiny 


[Sterling] 

For  Musnets  goun  at  24 

Sk.  Mks.  doits 

£ 

£. 

d. 

Mark  10  ells  . 

24 

0 

/-I 
0 

0 

14 

0 

To  chairman  for  3  days 

Q 
O 

u 

u 

0 

1 

9 

For  a  doz  glovs  L  Hervie1 

15 

U 

0 

0 

o 
8 

9 

2  doz  Grisie 

Jo 

u 

U 

0 

15 

2 

2  doz  me 

Oft 

u 

u 

0 

15 

3  doz  to  give  away 

5J 

fi 

u 

u 

1 

10 

A 

2  pr  gloves  Mrs.  Terr  is 

6 

7 

0 

U 

o 
L 

2  kains 

5 

0 

0 

0 

2 

11 

2  nidle  cases 

o 
O 

rv 
0 

0 

0 

1 

9 

JN  idles 

15 

0 

/"V 

0 

0 

8 

9 

2  pr  shoves  my  D. 

u 

u 

0 

5 

3 

a  litle  silver  plate 

37 

4 

0 

1 

1 

2  biger  plates  20  crowns 

loO 

/"V 

0 

0 

4 

1.3 

4 

callico  lor  2  bed  gouns 

lining 

7 

7 

4 

0 

Q 

o 

11 

galoun  and  silk  my  coat 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

6  pr  gloves  to  my  D. 

9 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

a     noorishd  handker 

chief  Grisie 

15 

u 

u 

0 

8 

9 

3  snuff  handkerchief  my 

Uear 

24 

0 

0 

0 

14 

0 

a  pair  gray  threed  stok- 

ins  me 

8 

0 

0 

0 

4 

8 

a  pie  boban 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

5 

2  lb.  puder  . 
For  7}  elscamb- 

1 

3 

0 

0 

0 

9 

letforfrok5sk.37  4  0 

1 

1 

10 

furniture  buttons, 

etc.         .       10  5  7 

0 

6 

2 

making  9  sk.  11 

ells  lining  15    27  3  3 

75 

4 

2 

0 

16 

11 

1  See  p.  302. 


Z 


354  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1731 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 

July  4  Sk.  Mks.  doits   £  s.  d. 

Aix       For  washing        .        .  16    0    0     0  9  4 

Chair  8  days  to  Douse  8  0  0  0  4  8 
17  times  each  near  half 

an  hour  at  Douse  .  34  0  0  0  19  10 
Making  Grisies  seek  and 

mine        .        .        .  10    0    0     0  5  10 

a  box  for  the  heads      .  1    1    0     0  0  8 

servant  at  Douuse  .  1  0  0  0  0  7 
For  10  J  ell  Indian 

Tafita  Gris  66  0  0  1  18  6 
10  ells  brountafita 

me  .  .  60  0  0  1  15  0 
clohth  for  stay 

bands  .  1  3  0  0  0  9 
lining  for  the 

sieves       .         4  0  0  0  2  4 


131    3  0 

For  3  J  ell  Dyaper 

Grisie      .        10  4  4  0    6  1 

6  ell  holland  my 

D  drawers        24  0  0  0  14  0 

6  yd.  holland  my 

drawers    .        15  0  0  0    8  9 

13J  ell  holland  3 

aprons     .       54  0  0  1  11  6 


103    4  4 


825    3    2    24    1  9 


Spa,  the  9  July  1731. 

For  a  Neclace  to  me     .  2  5  0  0    1  5 

a  pair  breast  straps  .  3  0  0  0  1  9 
13  J  ell  holl  for  4  aprons 

Grisie  4  sk.       .        .  54  0  0  1  11  6 

2£  holl  for  pockets       .  6  7  2  0    3  11 


I73i]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  355 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling 
311  ell  holl  gris  shifts  at  sk.  Mks.  doits    £  s.  d. 


Aug. 


4  skil 

127 

9 

0 

3 

14 

7 

3  pr   spectickles   3  sk. 

staff  string  lj  . 

4 

4 

2 

o 

2 

7 

lace  at  15  sk  Grisie 

tuckers 

45 

0 

0 

1 

6 

3 

20  To  John  erour 

a  waterbotle  errour 

a  pr.  threed  stokins 

6 

0 

0 

0 

3 

6 

To  Moushets  to  buy  her 

goun  lining 

o 

8 

o 

o 

0 

250 

4 

0 

7 

6 

0 

To  the  half  of  the  stons 

and  wax  frute  . 

37 

4 

0 

1 

1 

10 

S. 

287 

8 

0 

8 

7 

10 

x143£  18    143£  18s. 

21  For  2  weeks  washing  this 

L. 

S. 

21  sk.  7  . 

10 

17 

0 

0 

12 

2 

To  litle  Grisie  I  owd  her 

on  the  last  account  . 

3 

0 

0 

0 

3 

5 

To  the  old  woman  at 

well 

0 

10 

0 

0 

0 

7 

To  the  waganier  5s.  Dick 

Litletonscarinishf  ?]5s. 

0 

10 

0 

0 

0 

7 

To  Grisie  and  Mrs. 

Burnet  necklaces 

2 

0 

0 

0 

3 

2 

To  a  Ball  4  sk.  the  boy 

1  sk. 

2 

10 

0 

0 

2 

10 

1    For  a  wash  ball  7  2  lb. 

powder  10 

0 

17 

0 

0 

0 

11 

For  a  weeks  washing 

saterday  28  July 

2 

17 

0 

0 

3 

2 

1  Lady  Grisel  here  changes  skillings,  sous,  and  liers  into  its  equivalent  at  Spa 
in  French  money  of  livers  and  sous. 


356  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  a  pr  gray  threed 
stokins 

For  a  Jeronstat  dyell  . 

For  a  box  to  Phillips  the 
Jesuit  at  Liege 
8  For  a  lb.  powder  5s  a  lb. 
this  day  5s. 

For  neckleses  Mrs.  Dal- 
rymple  and  I  . 

To  French  horns  . 

To  my  Dear 

For  a  box  to  Mr.  Cartret 

For  4  weeks  washing  a 
sk.  the  day  great  pieces 
6  sturs  doz.  small  5  st. 
shirt,  cravat, and  hand- 
kerchief and  3  st.  shifts 
and  3  sturs  peticoats 

8  handkerchiefs  4  hoods 
to  Grisie  equely  and 
me  14  yd. 
18  2  lb.  |  poweder  a  lb.  this 
day 

a  pr  threed  stockins 
lost  to  Mrs.  Spence 
18  To  my  dear 

For  washing  to  the  sater- 

day  19  . 
For  a  soliter  to  Grisie  . 
For  3  black  neckleses  . 


[Sterling] 


L. 

S. 

s. 

d. 

3 

0 

0 

0 

3 

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0 

19 

2 

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3 

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12 

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37 

8 

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3 

3 

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3 

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138  11    2      7  16  2 
take  out  pocket   .        .    37    8    0     2    1  8 


S— £101    3    2      5  14  6 


Spailing.  L.  S. 

28  For  3  lb.  powder  2  ysday     0  15    0     0    0  10 


1731]         OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


357 


[Foreign  Tour] 

[Sterl 

ing] 

For  a  weeks  washing 

L. 

S. 

£  s. 

d. 

Saterday  25 

4 

5 

0 

0  4 

9 

Sept.  6 

To  Mushet  . 

18 

14 

0 

1  1 

0 

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16 

13 

0 

0  18 

9 

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6 

0 

0 

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10 

2  pr  clogs  Grisie  and  I  . 

8 

10 

0 

0  9 

7 

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3  articles  in  generall 

account  . 

94 

3 

3 

5  5 

11 

fine  holland  my  Dear  at 

4  livers  20  els  . 

80 

0 

0 

4  10 

0 

19  Sepm. 

Leige  The  articles  of  94  livers 
3s  3  on  the  other  side 
set  by  mistake  in  the 
general  account  is  as 
followeth  : 

34  J  Demi  holland 
at  45  sturs  for  7 
shifts  to  Grisie  77  12  2 

5  ells  muslin  for 

4  cravats         11    5  0 

2  night  Napkins    5    6  1 


Cambrick  fine      46  15  0 

46 

15 

0 

2 

12 

7 

3J  ell  Baskest  which  is 

cambrick 

29 

15 

0 

1 

13 

5 

For  a  pr  boots  to  James 

6 

10 

0 

0 

7 

5 

For  a  pr  shoes  my  Dear 

6 

0 

0 

0 

6 

10 

4  lb.  powder  and  wash 

ball 

1 

5 

0 

0 

1 

4 

Waltins  and  silk  for 

mantle 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

9 

Pocket  my  D. 

6 

0 

0 

0 

6 

10 

2  pr.  stokins  to  Gr. 

5 

0 

0 

0 

5 

8 

2  Ink  horns 

0 

14 

0 

0 

0 

9 

John  a  guiny  he  has  not 

accued  for        .  . 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

358  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1731 


[Foreign  Tour] 


[Sterling] 


Oct.  12, 


Turin 
Oct.  27 


Millan 


the  half  of  the  kams  in 

L. 

S. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

the  box  . 

18 

14 

0 

1 

1 

0 

S. 

369 

17 

3 

20 

16 

3 

731. 

fon  here  the  guiny  or  Lewidor  is  24  livers 

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etc. 

7 

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6 

2 

For  mending  James's 

cloaths 

2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

9 

For  Dressing  a  hat  and 

lining 

3 

0 

0 

0 

2 

7 

For  stokins  to  my  D.  . 

7 

0 

0 

0 

6 

2 

2  pr  uper  and  4  under 

myself 

28 

10 

0 

1 

4 

11 

Grisie  stokins 

11 

17 

0 

0 

10 

4 

washing  linins 

7 

0 

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6 

2 

spectickles  . 

1 

10 

0 

0 

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1 

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0 

0 

0 

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1731]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


359 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 

1  Nov.                                         L.  S.         £    s.  d. 

Bolonia    For  washing  .        .    11  0  0     0    9  7 

washing      .  .        .    15  0  0     0  13  2 


S.  660  10    2    28  17  8 


Rome     23  Novr  1731.    20  pols  a  sequin. 

To  my  Dears  pocket 
a  Stafe  string 
a  Necklace  me 
Gloves  my  D 
Gloves  me  . 
Washing  the  doz.  1  pol 
the  shirts  5  byoks 


2  Kain  Damaty  for  2  pr 
pockets  Gris  at  5  carline 


261 

Naples 

5  Deem.  1732  A  Kain  and  a  Palm 
ermasin  for  one  apron 
26J 

6  Kanscord  silk  Rob  36 
cor  for  Grisie  . 


Poul.  By. 

s. 

d. 

91  n 
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1 1 

1  5 

0 

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21  6 

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25    3    0      5    1  2 
A  Ducat  is  10  Carlins  and  Terie  is  2  Carlins.    10  grains 
is  a  Carline,  26  or  26J  Carlins  is  a  sequen,  a  Venetian 
sequin  is  27  carlins,  a  Ducat  is  about  4  sh.  stirlin. 

Naples.    Wednesday,  5  Dec1*.  N.  S.  1731. 

Due.  Car.  Gr.  £  s.  d. 

Caried  over  25    0    0  5  1  2 
To  a  capashin  for  siring- 

ing  the  ears      .        .      5    2    0  1  0  10 


360  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 


[Sterling] 


For  15  Palm  Cloath  11 

Due.  Car.  Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Due.  can  . 

20 

6 

2 

4 

2 

6 

For  tape  3  Carlins  5  g.  . 

0 

3 

5 

0 

1 

5 

For  threed  and  silk 

1 

1 

0 

0 

4 

5 

For  paper  8  g.,  tape  5 

car  .... 

0 

5 

8 

0 

2 

4 

For  powder  2  car  paper 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

3 

For  black  ruban  . 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

For  gold  buttons  9  grain 

big  and  4  J  gr  small 

the  peice  . 

14 

4 

0 

2 

17 

8 

For  threed  4  g 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

2 

For  a  wige  to  Gr  . 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

For  making  and  lining 

my  Deirs  Cloaths  by 

John 

12 

6 

0 

2 

10 

5 

For  making  G.  wastcoat 

and  mine 

0 

8 

0 

0 

3 

2 

For  9|  can  velvet  my 

goun  at  5^  Ducat 

52 

7 

n 

10 

10 

10 

For   a   pr.  black  silk 

stokins 

2 

8 

0 

0 

11 

2 

For  a  can  blew 

cloath      .         7  2  0 

1 

8 

10 

5  and  4  yellow 


1732 

Seteday    For  10  ells  Demie  holl: 

Gandl  .  .  .  9  0  0  1  16  0 
January  9  For  6  spoons  15  D.  6  C. 

5  g.  gote  for  2  old  ones 

3  D.  9  Carlins  .        .    11    7    5      2    6  9 
To  the  Italian  Master  a 

moneth    .        .        .      3    3    8      0  13  7 


serge  .  3  2  2 
5  \  ou.  gold  galoun  7  15 
buttons  .  0  8  0 
makeing      .         4  0  0 


0 
1 
0 
0 


12  9 

8  0 

3  2 

16  0 


22 


3  7 


1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


361 


[Foreign  Tour] 

[Sterling] 

To  Gibson  of  her  20£ 

Due. 

Car. 

Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

12  Legu  . 

32 

4 

0 

6 

9 

7 

For  3  can  Dyaper  for  Dr. 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

For  threed  3  g. 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

4 

To  Musick  Master  a 

IIIUIICHI       ■               •  • 

A, 

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0 

18 

0 

For  coppying  Musick  . 

2 

6 

0 

0 

10 

5 

To  my  Dears  pocket 

7 

8 

0 

1 

11 

2 

For  washing  5  weeks 
12  For  1 J  ^  Can  Muslin  26 

6 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

car  .... 

3 

9 

5 

0 

15 

n 

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246 

4 

n 

49 

6 

4 

1732 


To  the  litle  Italian  Mr. 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

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0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

For  a  hat  to  James 

1 

4 

0 

0 

5 

7 

For  a  pr  shoes  to  me 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

To                 Doctor  . 

5 

4 

0 

1 

1 

7 

To  the  Mantua  Maker  me 

4 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

To  the  Mantua  Maker 

Gris 

4 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

For  my  velvet  mittons  . 

1 

7 

0 

0 

6 

10 

For  copiing  music  at  1  C. 

the  4  lines 

8 

1 

0 

1 

12 

5 

For  5  Lottery  Ticket  of 

Millan 

7 

2 

0 

1 

8 

10 

For  Tuning  spinet  a 

month 

1 

2 

0 

0 

4 

10 

For  a  pr.  short  furd  gloves 

me  .... 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

To  S.  Carmany  Playing 

master 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

For  St.  Josephs  pictor  . 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

1  Up  to  this  point  the  accounts  are  given  in  full  detail.  Henceforward,  in 
order  to  avoid  repetition,  only  selected  entries  are  given. 


362  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  Chera  de  Spanie  is  [Sterling] 


1732, 
Naples, 
12  Mch 


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For  2.54-  ran  blew  armazin 

for  curtins  22  Carlins 

56 

0 

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4 

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Lotery  at  Rome  for  us 

onrl  r»iiT  fpTA n Hp rii IHtpti 
diivx  uui  y  i  diiudimxi  cii 

20 

2 

4 

1 

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For   8   ventors   in  tbe 

Lotery  at  Mill  on  for 

Ditto 

18 

8 

5 

3 

15 

4 

For  Jamie  Mitchell  and 

IX/It*     NQiieni'P   in    I-? /~k"m 
IyJ.1 .    OdUsUlC   ill  XtUlllC 

T -ottprv 

5 

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TT r»T  S  pan  Qi"T*\7"nri  nvrnnyiTi 

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one  case  . 

1 

3 

0 

0 

5 

2 

For  Don  quickset 

0 

8 

0 

0 

3 

2 

For  a  pr.   black  knit 

mittons  G. 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

For  14  palm  armazin 

Cantoush  at  24  c.  Gr. 

4 

2 

0 

0 

16 

10 

For  1J.  1.  p.  green  g  : 

wraper  22  J  c.  . 

3 

7 

0 

0 

14 

10 

1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  363 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For   2   cans   p.  green 
peticoat  22j  C. 

For  1   C.   5  palm  g : 
wraper  25  C. 

For  3   Can  green  for 
Sultain  22 1  C.  . 

For  2  green  aprons  G:  . 

For  making  Can- 
tush  G.  .  5  0  0 
green  peticoat  3  0  1 
wraper  .  5  0  0 
ruban  to  peticoat  2  6  0 
Sultain    .         6  0  0 


[Sterling] 

Due.  Car.  Gr.    £     s.  d. 

5  0    4      1    0  2 

4    0    6      0  16  3 

6  7  5  1  7  0 
2    7    8      0  11  2 


2 

1 

6 

0 

8 

8 

For   3   snuff  handker- 

chiefs G.  . 

1 

5 

0 

0 

6 

0 

For  2  fether  Tipits  G 

and  I 

1 

6 

0 

0 

6 

5 

For   4   snuff  handker- 

chiefs me 

2 

6 

0 

0 

10 

5 

For  a  pr  shoes  my  D  : 

broun 

0 

9 

0 

0 

3 

7 

For  4  picturs  to  George  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

For  4  pair  spectickles  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

To  the  Italian  Master  . 

3 

4 

0 

0 

13 

7 

To  the  Playing  Master 

to  12  Mar. 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

For   making  3 

gouns  me          5  4  0 

making  1  to  G  :    18  0 

7 

2 

0 

1 

9 

2 

For  2  can  black 

silk  my  D  2  4  8 

making  the  waist- 
coat   .        .      6  2  2 

lineing  and  but- 
tons 


364  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1732 


[Foreign  Tour] 

making  velvet 
britches  . 


[Sterling] 


0  2  2 


Naples 

1732  copiing  Musick      14  0 
Italian  Master       3  4  0 
Churches  at  Soriento 
2  handkerchief  snuff 

ones  me  . 
a  Dressing  glass  . 
2  fans  Gris  . 
6  aprons  changeing 

colour  22  C. 
2  pr  yellow  stokins  Gr. 
a  tortoyshel  comb,  Gr.  . 
2  goss  handker  chiefs  G. 
yellow  shoes  Grisie 
a  rid  coffer  with  yellow 

nails 

Coppiing  musick  . 

a  subscription  for  Musick 

Blooding 
May  12     Carmany  Gordana  play- 
ing Mst.  . 

tuning  spinet 

Italian  Master  Mr.  Nicol 

Chuches  which  is  asses 
at  a  Terie  the  whole 
day  and  a  man 

22  \  Can  green  Pertian 
bed  11  C. 

Cutting  Grisie' s  hair 
14  binding  music  books 
16  gr. 

For  cutting  Grisies  hair 
For  copiing  Corellies 

Musick 
For  3  J  can  Armazin  me 


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1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  365 


[Foreign  Tour] 

22  C.  changing  gold 
and  white 
To  Nicol  taylor  for  all 
Mantas  18,  carlins  sul- 
tains  8  c,  cantush  5  c, 
peticoats  3  and  work 
in  the  house  4  carlins 


Due.  Car.  Gr 
7  15 


May  24 


[Sterling] 


For  the 
Tables 


whole  Marble 


p  day  and  meat 

9 

7 

0 

1 

17 

9 

1  can  padisoy  britches  . 

2 

4 

0 

0 

9 

7 

a  pr  garters 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

7 

2  pr  silk  stokins  . 

6 

5 

0 

1 

6 

0 

2  pr  under  stokins 

3 

2 

0 

0 

12 

10 

For  20  gold  loups 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

20  gold  buttons  . 

0 

8 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Account  of  Marbel  bought  at 

Naples. 

For    2    Marbel  Tables 

Fiore  de  persico  from 

Don  Michel  Dicalabria 

56 

0 

0 

11 

4 

0 

2  wooden  cases 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

Shiping  in  the  Barcelona 

and     custom  house 

officers 

2 

3 

0 

0 

9 

2 

3846    0    4  769    4  2 


sold 


To  sundry  things  by  Mr. 


3906 

3 

4 

781 

5 

4 

3 

666 

0 

0 

133 

4 

0 

3240 

3 

4 

648 

1 

4 

108 

7 

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21 

14 

10 

3349 

0 

4 

669 

16 

2 

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0 

0 

10 

0 

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3299 

0 

4 

659 

16 

2 

the  whole  drawn  upon  Mr.  Hammon  this  at  510  Ducats 


366  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1732 


[Foreign  Tour] 
for  100£  sterling  is  646£  16  shillins  str.  where  entered  in 
cash  book  300 


346  10 

[Note. — Lady  Grisel  bases  her  calculations  here  on  the 
ducat  =  3/11,  while  in  detailed  calculations  it  has  been  taken 
as  worth  4/  ;  hence  the  discrepancy.] 

Portice, 
July  20 


1732 

[Sterling] 

Due.  Car.  Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

2  pr.  silver  clasps 

0 

1 

5 

0 

0 

7 

a  pr.  velvet  shoes 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

2  pr.  silk  gray  stokins  . 

3 

2 

0 

0 

12 

10 

To  Carmany  for 

singing    .       13  5  0 

2 

14 

0 

hire  of  spinet  .220 

0 

8 

10 

Chases  to  Masters  3  6  0 

0 

14 

5 

copiing  music      .0  4  0 

0 

1 

7 

2  floors 

1 

6 

0 

0 

6 

5 

To  Doctor  Piagiddel 

Potzzos  . 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

To  Nicols  for  blooding  . 

1 

4 

0 

0 

5 

7 

For  turning  broun  waste- 

coat 

0 

6 

0 

0 

2 

5 

For   2   can   velvet  6J 

palm  2  cloks 
lj  can  Armagin  to  line 

16 

5 

71 

3 

6 

4 

cloks 

3 

3 

n 

0 

13 

6 

making  and  ruban  to 

cloks 

1 

3 

0 

0 

5 

2 

To  the  Doctor 

2 

7 

0 

0 

10 

10 

To  Biries  at  the  bridge  . 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

For  5  \  can  Dyaper  8  C 

12  servits 

4 

4 

0 

0 

17 

7 

18  long  towills  25  gr.  pr 

can 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

1  \  can  3  hagabag  napkins 

0 

8 

n 

0 

3 

8 

4  can  servants  and  pantry 

1 

2 

0 

0 

4 

10 

2  can  kitchen  cloaths  . 

0 

3 

4 

0 

1 

4 

threed  9  gr.  pr  ounc 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

7 

1732]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


367 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  4  baths  Ishi  water  [Sterling] 
12  barrals  each  bath  Due.  Car.  Gr.   £    s.  d. 


15  gr.  pr.  barrel 

7 

2 

0 

1 

8 

10 

caring  it  4  days  3  carlins 

each 

1 

2 

0 

0 

4 

10 

a  tub  9  days 

0 

9 

0 

0 

3 

7 

To  caposins 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

a  can  flanen 

2 

10 

0 

0 

4 

5 

a  pr  velvet  shoes  2d. 

plain  8  car 

2 

8 

0 

0 

11 

2 

ar  gloves  6  C.   2  pr. 

mittons  7  C. 

1 

3 

0 

0 

5 

2 

a  pr.  jumps  and  slives  . 

6 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

1  can  silk  for  hoop 

2 

1 

0 

0 

8 

5 

2  necleses  8  C.  tape  2  C. 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

Naples  Decr  1732 

a  knite  silk  wastcoat 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

For  16|  Cann  olive  Dam 

ask  to  be  sent  home  . 

49 

5 

0 

9 

18 

0 

For  rolling  up  silks 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

9 

TomyD.  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

For  chases  to  Masters  to 

Portice 

1 

20 

0 

0 

4 

9 

For  4  Moneths  tuning 

spinets 

2 

4 

0 

0 

9 

7 

For  tuning  spinets  to 

ysday  . 

0 

6 

0 

0 

2 

5 

For  copiing  music 

1 

7 

0 

0 

6 

9 

For  cuting  hair  G 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

For  6  Can  shagreen  my 

D  

9 

0 

0 

1 

16 

0 

velvet  for  Nightgoun  . 
velvet  shag  3  J  c  linin  . 

7 

0 

0 

1 

8 

0 

17 

0 

0 

3 

8 

0 

gold  loops  for  Ditt 

4 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

a  wige 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

makeing  goun,  etc. 

1 

6 

0 

0 

6 

5 

For  a  pair  of  shoes 

0 

8 

0 

0 

3 

2 

Cambrick  weepers 

1 

6 

0 

0 

6 

5 

a  black  sword  and  gloves 

1 

8 

0 

0 

7 

2 

368 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[Foreign  Tour] 

[Sterl: 

ing] 

15 \  and  a  half  black 

Due. 

Car. 

Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

cloath 

19 

4 

0 

3 

17 

7 

3  can  armazine  . 

6 

6 

0 

1 

6 

5 

buttons 

2 

4 

0 

0 

9 

7 

making  the  sute  . 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

making  velvet  sute 

5 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

armazin 

0 

2 

n 

0 

1 

2 

molds  to  velvet  buttons 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

making  goun  pocks  etc. 

1 

1 

01 

0 

4 

5 

18  palm  cloath  a  full  sute 

24 

7 

5 

4 

19 

0 

2  can  5  palm  armazin  . 

5 

7 

7 

1 

2 

10 

Damity  for  body  lin 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

making   the   sute  and 

buttons  . 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

twist  for  holls  this  should 

not  be 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

2  pr.  gray  slipers  . 

1 

6 

0 

0 

6 

5 

124 

7 

0 

24 

18 

10 

For  my  knit  wastcoat 

this  is  a  green  one  to 

my  D.  .  .400 

makeing  2  seks  .  .400 
a  new  hoop  made  .  3  0  0 
cover  old  hoop  .  .050 
6  can  moyhair  rigote  .  14  4  0 
a  black  fan  .  .  .030 
a  crap  hood  .  .030 
covering  my  jumps  .  2  4  7| 
1  can  black  damask  .  3  10 
1  can  armaz  to  line  it  110 
making  wastcoat  .      0    5  0 

Naples  1732,  O.S.  Decr.  27 

For  a  velvet  Muff  Grisie  3  3  3 
a  pr  silk  mittons  .  .12  0 
7\  can  broun  velvet  .  30  0  0 
making  2  Robs.    .  .400 


0  16  0 
0  16  0 
0  12  0 
0  2  0 
2  17  7 
0  12 
0  12 
0  9  7 
0  12  5 
0  4  5 
0    2  0 

0  13  3 
0  4  10 
6  0  0 
0  16  0 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


369 


[Foreign  Tour] 


7  Jany. 
N.S. 


Feb. 


To  6  canes  Poaso  Du- 

[Sterling] 

manz  for  my  black 

Due. 

Car.  Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

seek 

10 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

For  12  can  velvet  to  the 

Boys 

48 

0 

0 

9 

12 

0 

To  Carmany  playing 

Master,  etc. 

10 

2 

0 

2 

0 

10 

For  Mushets  goim 

3 

4 

0 

0 

13 

2 

Making 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

apron  to  her 

2 

5 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Making  and  cloath  to 

James 

3 

5 

0 

0 

14 

0 

Lowrenchiens  cloath 

3 

0 

0 

0 

12 

0 

John  cudberts  cloaths  . 

4 

5 

0 

0 

18 

0 

Drinkmoney  Cagnonies 

8 

4 

0 

1 

13 

7 

To  Mrs.  Cagnonies  a  pies 

cambrick 

16 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

For  a  trunk  with  bras 

Nails 

5 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

For  a  book  of  Minuits 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

For  a  red  trunk  with 

nails 

7 

0 

0 

1 

12 

0 

For  blooding  by  Nichels 

1 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

vomits 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

recept  plaster  2   7  in 

gredians  1-6 

4 

3 

0 

0 

17 

2 

Scots  pills  from  England 

5 

1 

0 

1 

0 

5 

Gravel  cups  to  cure  it  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

For  beding  to  the  Maids 

7 

0 

0 

1 

8 

0 

Shiets  and  pillabers 

2 

5 

0 

0 

10 

0 

Brazier      wth  22  gr. 

1 

8 

0 

0 

7 

2 

Stand  and  spaleta  for  it 

1 

7 

0 

0 

6 

10 

pen  knif 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

2 

2  clogbag  trunks  . 

9 

1 

4 

1 

16 

7 

belt  for  lead  bag  . 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

7 

bars  to  trunks  by  Gartano 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

7 

wax  cloth  for  trunks 

1 

2 

0 

0 

4 

10 

paper  27  g.  . 

0 

2 

7 

0 

1 

2 

2  A 


370 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 

2    Lamps   from  Lig- 
horn 

Feb.         For  6  snuff  boxes 

cristall  to  my  watch 
2  fine  snuff  boxes  Gr.  . 
to  the  Banificato  . 
Dona  Luisas  blew  Dam- 
ask .... 
Musick  paper 
copiing  musick 
11  sword  belts 
26  fans 
18  fans 

2  caps  to  the  boys 
To  John  Cuthberts  4 

spoons 
more  of  wages 
more  6  guinys 
more  .... 
To  James  of  wages  over 

his  fans  . 
more  by  John  after  he 

was  gone  . 
more  by  John 
For  a  wige  . 
2 1  p.  green  shagreen 
2  wige  combs 
patches  12  gr. 
padisoy  for  clock  . 
I  spomalincena  for  hood 
March      For  6  Torteshel  combs  . 
For  a  spinet 
For  spomalincina  sent 

home  5  can  and  4  palm 

I  take  the  half  and  L. 

Bin  the  other  and  is  . 


[Sterling] 


Due.  Car.  Gr. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Q 
O 

3 

5 

4 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

XL 
O 

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0 

2 

0 

1  7 

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3 

8 

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0 

Q 
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0 

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3 

2 

3 

1 

0 

0 

12 

5 

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0 

3 

2 

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Q 
0 

0 

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7 

2 

Q 
O 

Q 
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0 

13 

2 

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2 

12 

0 

2 

0 

0 

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10 

9 

0 

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16 

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0 

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18 

0 

0 

5 

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1 

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6 

3 

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15 

2 

1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


371 


[Foreign  Tour] 

10  pauls  a  croun,  16  byocks  a  paul. 


Rome  1733 

Crs.  Pis.  By. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

29  March  For  2  wax  Pops  . 

0 

8 

0 

0 

4 

2 

to 

For  prints  . 

6 

2 

0 

1 

12 

6 

22  April 

For  4  copper  Medles 
For  2  Corinthen  brass 

4 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

pops 

2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

6 

For  2  gold  crouns  and  a 

silver  croun 

4 

3 

5 

2 

2 

10 

For  a  discription  of 

Rome 

1 

6 

0 

0 

8 

4 

For  2  marbel  weights  for 

paper 

0 

4 

0 

0 

2 

1 

Frolenc 

For  2  volums    of  the 

25  April 

gallary  of  the  great 

Duke 

25 

2 

0 

6 

11 

4 

10  vol.  Italian  books 

6 

4 

4 

1 

13 

9 

.  2  alabaster  figurs 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

For  a  putter  tee  pot 

0 

6 

4 

0 

3 

3 

For  Barminis  Mistres  off 

a  Statue  . 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

n 

To  Mrs.  Colmans  coach- 

man 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

7 

For  a  wooden  box  with  a 

lock 

1 

2 

0 

0 

6 

3 

For  2  Lyons  of  Marbel  . 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3 

For  my  gandchild  Hel- 

lens  Pictor 

8 

0 

0 

2 

2 

0 

For  3  Pictor  of  Mr.  Baillie, 

my  Daughter  Grisie, 

and    my  grandchild 

Gris  by  Mr.  Martine  . 

36 

0 

0 

9 

9 

0 

frames  and  glases  and 

box  to  ditt 

16 

1 

0 

4 

4 

6 

For  making  my  Dears 

wastcoat  . 

4 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

For  lutstring  at  36  pauls 

pr  lb. 

16 

0 

0 

4 

4 

0 

372  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 

[Foreign  Tour] 


[1733 


[Sterling] 

Crs.  Pis.  By.  £  s.  d. 
Dressing  hair  and  wires  1  9  6  0  10  3 
For  my  lut string  .        .    16    0    0     4    4  0 


1733  Bolonia 

May  15  A  Sequin  21  paul,  2  pauls  a  livre,  10  bycocks  is  a 
paul,  and  12  Dinis  a  byock. 


Bolonia, 

1733, 

May 


L. 

B. 

4  pr  filosel  stokins 

21 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

For  seeing  palaces 

6 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

To  the  Copsin  Convent 

2 

10 

0 

0 

2 

0 

For  cariing  spinet  to  St 

Donis 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

To  Prists  . 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

For  a  pair  jack  boots  . 

22 

0 

0 

1 

2 

0 

For  wire  and  dressing 

hair 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

6 

For  a  whip  to  John 

2 

10 

0 

0 

2 

6 

For  tobaco  powder 

5 

0 

0 

0 

5 

0 

For  the  box  in  the  opera 

house 

85 

0 

0 

4 

5 

0 

cushen  in  the  box 

10 

14 

0 

0 

10 

8 

cloath  to  ly  over  the  box 

8 

6 

0 

0 

8 

4 

18  Tickets  to  the  opera 

30 

10 

0 

1 

10 

6 

2  opera  book 

2 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

For  caring  pictors 

1 

5 

0 

0 

1 

3 

a  book  of  what  is  to  be 

seen  here 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

mending  my  watch 

3 

10 

0 

0 

3 

6 

letters  6£.  10s. 

6 

10 

0 

0 

6 

6 

For  a  pictor  of  the  Autom 

40 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

For  a  wax  cloth  curtin  to 

Chease 

4 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

puting  it  up 

2 

6 

0 

0 

2 

4 

1733 
Venice 


A  vinecian  sequin  is  22  Lieris,  a  Florence  sequin 
2l£. 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


373 


[Foreign  Tour] 

[Sterling] 

11  June    For  a  book  of  the  curi- 

L.  B. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

ositys  here 

a 
2 

u 

0 

1 

0 

Baucaches  history 

do 

0 

0 

0 

18 

0 

A  Map  of  Venice  . 

Oi 

u 

u 

0 

15 

6 

a  Map  of  Germany 

3 

0 

0 

0 

1 

D 

the  lives  of  the  Painters 

12 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

Flans  ot  houses  . 

37 

10 

0 

0 

18 

9 

ror  2  lb.  tryackle  with 

boxes 

13 

0 

0 

0 

D 

o 

hipocacuana 

ft 
o 

U 

u 

0 

3 

0 

Sir  Robert  Brouns  Nurs 

oo 

22 

0 

u 

0 

11 

0 

Sir  Robert  Brouns  Ser- 

vants 

£J 
D 

0 

0 

0 

Q 
O 

0 

General  Shulenbergs  ser- 

vants 

n 
\J 

n 
u 

0 

2 

0 

Seeing  a  Newranberge 

snow  oi  L/Unsts  Dirtn 

and  passion 

1 

10 

0 

0 

0 

9 

Sir  Rob*  Brouns  garner 

r> 
2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

a  barber 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

at  a  gundaliers  weding 

to  ndls 

2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

fx 

0 

For  a  wastcoat  to 

Jacome  . 

/o 

K 

o 

u 

1 

18 

2 

For  Mush  . 

15 

0 

0 

u 

7 

Ci 

o 

tobaco  pip  case 

5 

0 

0 

0 

2 

6 

a  spung  l£  5s  esher  1£, 

steel  and  flint  6s 

V 

11 

0 

0 

1 

6 

3  whisks 

0 

lb 

0 

0 

0 

5 

3  pr  spectickles  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

stuffine  to  cushen 

2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

For  9  J  brack  camblet 

line 

8 

10 

0 

0 

4 

6 

12  bratch  shogreen  5£  . 

60 

0 

0 

1 

10 

0 

make  cantush  and  seek 

etc. 

16 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

5  brach  a  la  mod  for 

sandella  . 

45 

0 

0 

1 

2 

6 

374 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 

L.  B.  £   s.  d. 

black  lace  for  mittons  .  2    5  0     0    1  2 

masks         .        .        .3    0  0     0    1  6 

a  black  cap  .  .  25  0  0  0  12  6 
For   the    half    of  the 

Apoticarys  bill  .        .  11  10  0     0    5  11 

1733     

Frankfoord 

For  2  pair  bavers  Fl.  K. 

stokins     .        .        .  6    0  0     0  14  0 

For  5  Doun  pillows  .  13  0  0  1  10  4 
For  30  of  their  ells  for 

pillabers  .        .        .  13    0  0     1  10  4 
For  45|  lb.  hamb  5J 

sture       .        .  6    1  0     0  14  0 


44  48  0 

this  at  4  flarans  15  kamtins  to  ane  unger  and  ane  unger 
10  sh.  strline  is  £5,  5  shillins  sterling. 
Aix  la  Chaple,  10  July  1733,  N.S.  Livers. 


For  a  pr.  of  shoes  to  me 

3 

10 

0 

0 

4 

1 

glovs  at  15  st.  Doge  Skin 

3 

0 

0 

0 

3 

6 

baver  skin  gloves  6  pair 

9 

9 

0 

0 

11 

0 

Baver  at  23  sk.  peticoat 

and  clock 

50 

17 

2 

2 

19 

3 

Castor  clock  at  11  12  . 

25 

3 

2 

1 

9 

4 

For  6  ell  castor  for  frok 

and  wastcoat  . 

69 

15 

0 

4 

1 

4 

To  Mr.  Hays  subscrip- 

tion 

37 

10 

0 

2 

3 

9 

the  Judge  at  Dimburgh 

30 

0 

0 

1 

15 

0 

13  drawings  of  the  Foun- 

tons,  etc. 

10 

0 

0 

0 

11 

8 

3  pincils  to  my  boys 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

9 

a  wanscote  chist  w*  a  lock 

6 

10 

0 

0 

7 

7 

wax  frute  . 

8 

0 

0 

0 

9 

4 

a  play  to  little  Grisie  . 

2 

0 

0 

0 

2 

4 

2  Kain  strings 

2 

0 

0 

0 

2 

4 

1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


375 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 


Spa 
Sep.  22 


Livers. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

capashiens  in  convent  . 

22 

10 

1 
x 

fj 
u 

ft 

carvie  box  . 

1 

0 

ft 

o 

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9 

2  Peutter  salts 

1 

0 

o 

yj 

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9 

a  tortoy  shell  snuff  box 

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7 

0 

u 

ft 

o 
o 

9 

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9 

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5  Ivory  boxes  and  2  dyels 

42 

10 

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6  kains  and  a  head  to  one 

22 

0 

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10 

XV 

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tllC  IlldlU  ... 

9 

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ft 

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1 
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For  mending  cheases 

and  sadles 

114 

5 

ft 

a 

D 

1  ft 

q 

a  cheas  for  4  persons  to 

go  to  Geronstat  at  3  sk. 

pr  day  in  the  season 

and  2 J  sk.  after  it 

96 

10 

ft 

V/ 

12 

X  — . 

7 

To  a  cook  72  days 

36 

0 

ft 

\j 

9 

9 

ft 
\j 

a  sute  cloathes  to  James 

78 

10 

r\ 

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A 

4 

11 

7 

James  of  wages  half  a 

guiny 

9 

7 

2 

0 

10 

6 

John  Cudbertson  wages, 

2  guinys  . 

37 

10 

0 

2 

2 

0 

For  letters  . 

38 

3 

0 

2 

4 

2 

For  washing  5  sow  shirt 
and  cravat  and  hand- 
kerchief 4  sows  shifts 


376 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 


Leige 
Sep.  23 


and  a  skillin  the  Doz. 

Livers. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

on  all  other  pices 

55 

8 

0 

3 

4 

7 

a  cours  sheat  for  the 

trunk 

2 

10 

0 

0 

3 

1 

tor  12  ells  lace  6 \  sk.  10 

ell  13  sk.,  10  ell  19  sk. 

179 

0 

0 

10 

8 

10 

2  ells  lace  . 

33 

18 

0 

1 

19 

D 

19  pr  gloves  Lady  Harvie 

1  14 

5 

0 

0 

16 

7 

3  pr  mens  gloves  to  give 

away 

3 

15 

0 

0 

4 

4 

a  purs  Donohow  . 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

9 

Brusles     For  bring  brass  trumpet 


25 

from  Ipers 

1 

10 

0 

0 

1 

9 

a  surgeon  to  Grisies  arm 

4 

0 

0 

0 

4 

8 

Seeing  Arch  Dutches 

Palice  etc. 

4 

10 

0 

0 

5 

3 

Lodging  3  nights  and 

eating  6  of  us 

muslin  . 

6 

4 

0 

0 

7 

3 

Paris,2  friday,  20  October  1733.    24  livers  a  Lewidor 

or  guiny. 


For  2|  ell  cloath  . 

55 

0 

0 

2 

8 

1 

7J  ell  silk  lining  . 

37 

10 

0 

1 

12 

10 

a  pr.  stokins  to  the  cloaths  15 

0 

0 

0 

13 

1 

a  pr.  stokins  or  sheverin 

18 

0 

0 

0 

15 

9 

a  pr.  baver  stokins 

9 

0 

0 

0 

7 

10 

a  pr.  worset  stokins 

10 

5 

0 

0 

9 

0 

a  pr.  thick  traveling 

stokins 

3 

0 

0 

0 

2 

7 

a  Hatt 

17 

0 

0 

0 

14 

10 

5  duz  butons  to  cloath  . 

5 

0 

0 

0 

4 

4 

plying  etc.  to  ditt 

5 

0 

0 

0 

4 

4 

1  See  p.  302. 


2  Paris  accounts  given  in  full. 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


377 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 

Livers.  £     s.  d. 

making  ditt         .        .  10  0    0     0    8  8 

2  wigs  a  ty  one  and  a  bob 

3  Lew.        .        .        .  72  0    0     8    3  0 
taylors  man         .        .  1  0    0     0    0  10| 
baver  gloves  at  35  sturs  13  10    0     0  11  6 


271    5  0 


Paris 


ForaneAlamad  5    9    0  0    4  9 

hood  to  me 
a  duzon  combs 

9£,  3  of  tor- 

toyshel  12£     21    0    0  0  18  4 

making  my  vin- 

ice  silk  Rob     8    0    0  0    7  0 

a  sheneel  Pala- 
tine        .6    0    0  0    5  3 

6  ells  black  lace  30    0    0  1    6  3 

8  ells  narow 

black  lace      12    0    0  0  10  6 

puder  puff  10 

st.  wires  10  s.    1    0    0  0    0  10| 

black  gass  hood, 
etc.  ..9    0    0  0    7  10 

thick  travel- 
ling stockins    3    0    0  0    2  7 

Baver  skin 
gloves  at  35 

st    .  20    0    0  0  17  6 


115    9  0 

For  a  gass  head    4    0    0  0    3  6 

For  caps  quilted 
for  dressing 

4  of  them        5  15    0  0    5  0 


378  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK  [1733 

[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 


Livers. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

For  wires  10  st. 

JL    v  J  L      Till              XV  Otl 

nof/inoc!    T  -V- 
Ud  LCllCb  L3J 

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for  dressincr 

3 

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2 

7 

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1Q      Cll  1HJU1U. 

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80 

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making  fashus 

and  washing 

them 

1 

13 

0 

0 

1 

5 

2  pr  shoes  . 

12 

0 

0 

0 

10 

6 

4   pr  Imbro- 

dered  shoes 

20 

0 

0 

0 

17 

6 

1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


379 


[Foreign  Tour]  [Sterling] 


Antoylage 
head 

13 

0 

Livers. 

0 

£ 
0 

s. 
11 

d. 
5 

3  ells  aunage, 
3£  10s.  . 

10 

10 

0 

0 

9 

2 

2  ells  aunage 
5£  . 

10 

0 

0 

0 

8 

9 

palatins 
thick  travel- 

10 

0 

0 

0 

8 

9 

ing  stokins 

3 

0 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Baver  gloves 

35  st.  the  pr. 

20 

0 

0 

0 

17 

6 

Antoylage  sute 

37 

0 

0 

1 

12 

2 

803  13  9 


1190    7  9 

Paris 

Oct.  11     To  the  person  of 
1733  Lord  Walgraves 

Chaple  .    6  0    5  3 

Snr  Bellonys  Bill 

from  Buro  at 

Rome      .  12    0  0  10  6 

Description  of 

Paris       .  15    0  0  13  1 

3cookryBooks         6  15  0    5  11 

a  book  of  beasts        3  10  0    3  0 

4  unbound  books 

of  6  10  0    5  8 

4  places  in  the 

opera  house         32    0  0  18  0 

seeing  observator, 

palices,  and 

churches  18    0  0  15  9 

Madam  la  Duches 
and  Ms.  Lessis 

otels  etc.    ..8    0  0    7  0 


380 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 

Cardinal  Richlieu's  Li 

Monument    .      4  0 
Seing  looking  glass 

work    .  4  10 


116    5  0 

For  a  lisenc  for  a 
coach  to  the 

country        .6    0  0    5  3 

errour  15  An  order  to  see 


versyles 


TiinPT*  IVTnrlin 

JL'.lliCl  <X\i  lUHUlil 

0 

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T 
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Q 
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Lodging  and  eat- 

111^     Ct    lllgllU    Cl  L 

versvle 

43 

12 

1 

18 

X 

Diner  at  Marley 

7 

8 

0 

6 

6 

Lodging  a  night 

ttilU.    cctniiy  dl 

OU  U  clllllC J.  10  . 

1 

X 

A 
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uiner  at  .  . 

10 

u 

Q 
O 

>7 
I 

black  pudins  at 

St.  Jarmans  . 

2 

12 

0 

2 

3 

a  botle  ratafia  3£ 

drams  12  st  . 

3 

12 

0 

3 

2 

Seeing  Lamule  . 

3 

0 

0 

2 

7 

The  Dary  there 

1 

4 

0 

1 

0 

St.  Clou  etc. 

4 

16 

0 

4 

2 

Menagery 

3 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Treanon  . 

3 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Marly  seeing  things 

4 

4 

0 

3 

8 

the  water  machine 

near  Marley  . 

3 

0 

0 

2 

7 

Seeing  Mason  . 

3 

0 

0 

2 

7 

crossing  the  river 

Sean 

1 

10 

0 

1 

3 

James  the  foot- 

man or  Jacome 

2 

0 

0 

1 

9 

134    2  0 


[Sterling 

£  s.  d. 
0    3  6 

0    3  11 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


381 


[Foreign  Tour] 
1733  [Sterling] 


ro  Caparan  teeth 

IT 

Livers. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

drawer 

96 

0 

4 

4 

0 

tooth  powder  . 

1 

15 

0 

1 

6 

teeth  water 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

For  12  botles  Lau 

de  Carin 

10 

0 

0 

8 

9 

hungary  water  . 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

—119  15  0 

For  a  toothpice 

case 

10 

0 

0 

8 

9 

4  knives  14£  a  pen- 

knif  £1 

15 

0 

0 

13 

1 

2  razors  . 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

a  St.  Clou  shoe 

snuffbox 

24 

0 

1 

1 

0 

another  St.  Clou 

box 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

2  doz.  St.  Clou 

hefts  for  knives 

24 

0 

1 

1 

0 

5  salt  botles 

5 

0 

0 

4 

4 

2  pr.  siszers 

4 

0 

0 

3 

6 

hinges  to  2  boxes 

of  Ivory 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

-    100    0  0 

For    ane  Eparn 

french  silver  . 

205 

0 

8 

19 

4 

a  pr  ditt  Candle- 

sticks . 

22 

0 

0 

19 

3 

2  pr  ditt  candle- 

sticks . 

48 

0 

2 

2 

0 

2  salts  of  ditt  . 

12 

0 

0 

10 

6 

a  pr.  snuffers  and 

pan 

10 

0 

0 

8 

9 

2  snuff  pans 

12 

10 

0 

10 

11 

2  frute  plates  of 

ditt  . 

26 

0 

1 

2 

9 

335  10  0 


382  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


[1733 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  14  ells  floord  [Sterling] 


silk  Mally  Mit- 

Li vGrSi 

p 

s. 

A 
tl. 

chell  £16,  lOst. 

231 

0 

10 

2 

1 

making  the  sute 

12 

0 

0 

10 

6 

ageneel  tipet  Mrs. 

Mitchell 

5 

0 

0 

4 

4 

a  tipet  to  Miss 

Johnston 

12 

0 

0 

10 

6 

a  handkercheff 

Lady  Louth  . 

12 

0 

0 

10 

6 

2  pr  rufles  to  my 

boys  T  and  G 

34 

0 

1 

9 

9 

2  knoted  tipets  to 

give  away 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

an  imbroyderd 

handkerchieff 

6 

0 

0 

5 

3 

a  block  to  dress 

upon  . 

2 

0 

0 

1 

9 

-320    0  0 


1733   

Paris. 

Oct.  15     To  one  Mr.  Menzies    8    0  0    7  0 

reading  new  prints    1    0  0    0  10 J 

Mr.  Knights  coach- 
man    ..3    0  0    2  7 
Mrs.  Homers 

coachman     .3    0  0    2  7 
  15 

For  the  prints  of 

versyles  20    0  0  17  6 

pocket  books  from 

nuns  31    0  17  1 

nidle  books  from 

nuns  Ms  Howard    6    0  0    5  3 

blew  marking 

threed  7 \  small 

hanks  ..25  0    1  11 
  59    5  0 


1733]  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  383 


[Foreign  Tour] 

For  the  coach  and 

2  horses  and  our  [Sterling] 
own  2  horse  3 

day  to  Marsils            Livers.  £    s.  d. 
etc.                    12    0  0  10  6 
Jacome  the  foot- 
man drink    .2    0                    0    1  9 
  14    0  0 

For  a  coach  and  2 
horses  at  10 

Livers  pr  day     230    0  10    1  3 

to  the  coachman    12    0  0  10  6 

Lewis  Mr.  Mans 

servant  .3  0  0  2  7 
 245    0  0 

Tewsday,  27  For  the  ot el 

for  3  weeks  and  3  days 
servants  in  Lodging  .        12    0    0     0  10  6 
To  John  Cudbert 

of  wages  24    0  1    1  0 

ditt  3  J  Lewider       90    0  3  18  9 

ditt  6£  9£  15    0  0  13  1 

 129    0  0 

Jacomo  43    0  1  17  8 

a  lacd  hat  7£  lace 

15        .        .      22    0  0  18  3 

footman  Martins 

place    ..9    0  0    7  10 

530    0  0 

For  washing     .        .        20    0    0     0  17  6 


132-16  Stg.1    2884    4    9  126    3  8 


1  This  is  Lady  Grisell's  jotting  as  to  the  value  of  the  Paris  expenditure,  but 
if  24  livres=;£l,  is.  as  she  states  elsewhere,  it  is  difficult  to  see  how  she  arrives 
at  her  result. 


384  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Memorandums  for  Earl  Hadinton  and  Mr.  Baillie  in  their 
Travelling.1    Oxford,  March  10th,  1740. 


Inns  in  France 


Dijon  . 
Lyons 
Nismes 
Montpellier 
Avignon 
Aix 

Marseills 
Valence 
Monteumant 
Toulon 
Narbon 
Beziers 
Carcassone 
Castlevaudon 
Toulouze 
Montauban 
Bourdeaux 
Xaintes 
Nants 
Angers 
Samur 
Tours 
Orleans 
Estampes 


St.  Loois. 
Au  Pare, 
a  L' Orange. 
Cheval  blanc. 
Au  Pelican. 
Au  Bras  d'Or. 
Aux  treze  Cantons. 
A  la  Post. 
A  la  Post. 

Notre  dame  de  Petie 

A  la  d'Orade. 

A  la  Croix  blanche. 

Au  Lion  d'Or. 

Au  Lion  d'Or. 

Au  bon  Pasteur. 

Au  Tapis  Verde. 

Chez  Madame  Bennet. 

L'Ecu  de  France. 

Vis  a  vis  les  Carmes. 

L'Ours. 

Trois  Maures. 

A  la  Galere. 

Notre  dame  de  Chaise. 

A  la  Post. 


Inns  in  Italy 

Turin  .        .        .        .La  Bonne  Femme. 
Milan  .        .        .        .    Le  Faucon,  Al  Puozza  o'  Tre  Re. 
Genoua       .        .        .La   Croix   blanche   ou  Santa 

Martha. 

Leghorne     .        .        .    Lion  blanc  ou  Croie  d'Oro. 

1  These  'Memorandums'  are  contained  in  a  note-book  of  120  pages, 
8"  x  6",  and  are  not  in  Lady  Grisell's  handwriting,  though  evidently  of  her 
composition. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


385 


Pisa  . 
Florence 


Sienna 
Rome 


Naples 
Bologna 
Ferrara 
Venice 


Padona 

Vicenza 

Verona 

Modena 

Reggio 

Parma 

Piacenza 

Luca  . 

Mantua 


Ceremonies. 

Collins's,  an  English  house,  but 
a  French  house  in  Via  Magia 
to  be  preferd. 

Tre  Re. 

Monocos  al  Trinita  di  Monte, 
best  apartments  20  crouns  a 
month. 

II  Cappello  Rosso. 

Al  Pellerino. 

Lione  Bianco. 

Chez  Monsieur  d' Henry  sopra 
ill  Grande  Canale  extream 
good. 

Re  e  Regina  d'Inghilterra. 

Le  due  Rote. 

Le  due  Torre. 

St.  Georgio. 

Giglio  Coronato. 

Alia  Posta. 

La  Croce  Bianca. 

II  Corallo. 

Lione  d'Oro. 


Wesel 

Dusseldorp 

Cologn 

Bonn  . 

Coblentz 

Mayentz 

Frankfort 

Wurtzburg 

Donawert 

Nuremburg 

Ausburg 

Munick 

Inspruck 

Trent  . 


Inns  in  Germany 
.    Le  Baisin  Bleu. 
.    Hoff  van  Holland 
.    Hoff  van  Holland. 

Der  Stern. 
.  Lillie. 

.  Gulden  Crannerin. 
.    Gulden  Engel. 

Gulden  Swaan. 

Gulden  Sunne. 
.    Gulden  Haan. 

Le  Raisin  d'or. 
.    The  Daler. 
.    Gulden  Rosen. 
.    Gulden  Rosen. 
2  B 


886 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


Directions  for  Holland 
In  general  avoid  lodgeing  at  any  English  or  Dutch 
house,  they  being  the  most  imposing,  the  French  the  best. 
A  rule  never  to  be  departed  from  throw  all  Holland 
is  constantly  to  make  an  agreement  first  for  every  thing 
you  get,  or  in  imploying  anybody  if  but  for  a  message, 
or  you  will  be  greatly  imposed  upon  and  pay  duble.  If  you 
use  them  with  sevilety  and  show  them  you  will  not  be 
bubbled  the}7  will  use  you  well,  but  in  no  way  will  bear 
rugh  treatment,  and  are  ever  ready  to  impose  upon  any 
they  see  ignerant  and  careless. 

At  Rotterdam 
Avoid  the  English  house  the  most  impertinently  im- 
posing of  any  we  met  with.  If  Mr.  Baillie  the  banker  be 
alive  send  for  him,  or  for  Mr.  Knaghten  a  banker,  both 
Scots  men,  either  of  them  will  be  usefull  to  you,  when 
they  know  who  you  are. 

At  the  Hague 

Send  for  Monsieur  Piere  Daniel  Tonyn  sur  le  Corte 
Vyverberg  he  is  brother  to  Capn.  Tonyn,  he  will  assist  you 
in  anything.  Lodge  at  Mr.  Adams  at  the  Golden  Star 
and  Lyon  in  the  Korte  Houtstraet  near  the  plain.  There 
is  an  ordinary  which  it  is  very  right  to  dyn  at  when  you 
do  not  stay  long  in  a  place,  to  see  the  manners  and  ways 
of  different  people,  but  a  disagreeable  thing  to  be  con- 
stantly in  a  croud  of  straingers.  Here  you  must  go  and 
wait  upon  the  King  of  Britains  Minister  if  there  is  one, 
and  so  you  must  do  where  ever  you  go  where  the  King  has 
a  Minister.    If  he  returns  not  your  visit  go  no  more. 

At  Amsterdam 
Send  for  Mr.  James  Wedderburn,  Merchant,  a  relation 
of  yours,  he  will  assist  you  in  any  thing,  he  lives  over  de 
Illustre  School  op  de  flucale  Burghwall.  Lodge  at  the 
Bible  and  Orange  in  the  Warmer  Straet  or  Ville  de  Lions. 
Hear  the  fine  organ  in  the  great  church. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BATLLTE 


387 


At  Leyden  lodge  at  the  Castle  of  Antwerp  on  the  Kopen- 
burgh.  The  Phisic  Gardens  and  other  gardens  there  are 
worth  seeing. 

At  Delft  see  the  Prince  of  Oranges  Tomb. 

At  Harlem  see  the  Bleech  field,  a  fine  sight  when  covered 
with  cloth. 

At  Utrecht  lodge  at  the  Casteel  van  Antwerp  op  de 
ganse  Markt.  If  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Orange  be  at 
Insedyck,  a  house  of  theirs  near  Utrecht,  or  at  their  house 
in  the  wood  near  the  Hague,  or  any  where  near,  you  must 
go  wait  upon  them,  and  get  some  body  to  go  with  you  to 
introduce  you. 

A  Rout  for  seeing  North  Holland 
Hire  voitures  at  Amsterdam  by  the  day,  make  it  in  your 
bargen  that  the  coachman  shall  maintain  himself  and 
horses,  otherways  you  will  be  much  imposed  upon  in  that 
article,  if  you  can  likeways  agree  with  him  that  he  shall 
pay  all  the  passage  and  toll  money,  it  will  be  better,  but 
that  they  will  not  like  to  do. 

Let  the  voiture  cross  the  river  in  the  morning  befor 
you  are  ready,  otherwise  you  will  be  detaind,  you  take 
coach  just  at  the  place  where  you  land  on  the  other  side 
of  the  river,  the  first  toun  you  come  to  is  Munickendam, 
from  that  you  come  through  another  toun  cald  Edam, 
but  in  neither  of  those  places  is  there  any  worth  seeing, 
then  go  to  Hoorn  where  you  may  dine  at  the  Dool.1  Befor 
you  come  to  Munickendam  you  pass  a  village  cald  Brook, 
which  is  remarkable  for  being  built  without  any  order  or 
regular  streets,  the  houses  all  detacht  from  one  another ; 
it  is  very  neat  and  the  inhabitants  reckond  vastly  rich, 
after  seeing  Hoorn  you  go  that  night  to  Enchussen,  the 
best  house  is  the  Toorn  upon  the  shore,  see  the  Stadhouse 
there.    If  you  stay  out  but  two  days  go  from  Enckuyhen 


1  In  most  towns  in  Holland  there  were  '  doelen  '  or  shooting  galleries,  where 
archery  was  or  had  been  practised.  These  either  developed  into  hotels  or  gave 
the  name  to  many  hotels  which  still  exist.  The  old  'Dool'  at  Alkmaar  still 
survives,  in  the  courtyard  of  which  people  may  be  seen  even  to  this  day  practis- 
ing archery.    The  word  1  doel '  means  'mark  '  or  'aim.' 


388  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


to  Alckmaer  which  is  the  prittiest  toun  you  will  see,  go 
airly  and  you  can  be  back  at  Amsterdam  at  night,  re- 
member to  hear  the  organ  in  the  great  church  of  Alckmaer, 
the  finest  in  the  world.  Lodge  at  the  Dool.1  Between 
Alckmaer  and  Amsterdam  you  come  through  a  very  fine 
country  which  formerly  was  three  great  lakes  and  stile 
retain  the  names  of  the  Bumerent,  the  Beemster,  and  the 
Scermer,  if  you  stay  out  three  days  go  from  Enchuysen 
to  Medenblyck,  the  best  house  the  Valck,  you  may  be 
early  in  the  afternoon  at  Alckmaer  and  next  day  return 
to  Amsterdam  by  Harlem. 

Some  Account  of  the  Difference  of  Mone}^ 
Guineas  are  a  ready  coin  all  over  Holland  and  Flanders 
if  you  can  carry  them  without  discovery,  and  is  better  then 
a  bill  when  the  Exchange  is  36  Eskillings  for  a  guinea, 
the  Eskillings  in  Holland  are  not  so  good  as  in  Flanders, 
those  with  a  star  are  the  best,  those  cald  Mai  Eskillings 
pass  for  a  peny  or  half  peny  less,  they  will  take  non  of  the 
Dutch  Eskillings  for  what  they  pass  in  Holland  in  Flanders, 
so  get  rid  of  them.  The  Guilders  which  are  1  shillin  and 
8  pence  of  our  money  are  a  good  coin  and  taken  in  Flanders 
for  the  full  value.  At  Leige  and  Spa  and  all  the  Bishop 
of  Leige's  Country  an  Eskilling  gose  for  10  pence,  so  that 
every  Guinea  passes  for  £l,  10  10,  reckoning  37  Eskillings 
to  the  guinea.2 

No  money  gose  in  France  but  the  new  French  Louis, 
but  they  are  seazable  at  entring  into  the  country  if  they 
find  above  5  Louis  for  each  person,  but  as  you  loose  much 
by  bills  of  exchange  you  must  hide  what  you  have  and 
show  only  a  little.  In  a  Louis  there  is  24  livers,  in  a  liver 
20  sols,  there  is  3  liver  pieces  which  is  cald  Ecus  blanc 
and  6  liver  pieces  which  is  cald  Ecus  grand. 

Spanish  or  French  Pistols 3  go  best  in  Italy  any  other 


1  See  note,  p.  387. 

2  This  statement  of  Lady  Grisell  hardly  coincides  with  her  accounts,  where 
the  schelling  is  valued  at  a  little  over  6d.,  which  would  appear  to  be  more 
correct. 

■  About  17s.  7£d. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  389 


money  loosing  much,  so  change  your  French  money  for 
Spanish  or  French  Pistols  befor  you  go  into  Italy,  they  go 
all  over  it,  and  so  dos  Florentine,  Genoese  and  Venetian 
Sequins,1  which  last  are  the  best  money,  if  you  can  get 
them  at  the  same  price  they  are  airways  best  but  do  not 
take  them  in  Lombardy.  A  Sequine  is  about  the  value 
of  half  a  guinea,  what  is  cald  a  Roman  croun,  tho  I  never 
saw  the  coin,  is  10  Pauls,  there  is  20  Pauls  in  a  Sequin, 
in  a  Venetian  Sequin  I  think  there  is  21  or  22  Pauls,  a 
Testoon  is  3  Pauls. 

The  silver  money  in  the  Kingdome  of  Naples  is  different 
from  that  all  over  Italy.  In  a  Sequin  there  is  Naples 
ducats,  in  a  ducat  10  Carlins,  and  a  coin  cald  a  terri  which 
is  two  Carlins. 

In  Germany  Hungars  is  the  money  most  curent,  a 
Hungar  is  a  gold  coin  in  which  is  4  Florins  and  some  times 
10  or  12  Karrentari,  60  Karrentari  make  a  Florin,  12 
Karrentari  make  a  Roman  Paul,  Spanish  Pistols  are  also 
good  money  here  and  are  worth  7 J  Florins.  In  going  out 
of  the  different  dominions  in  Germany  which  come  very 
quck,  some  times  twice  in  a  day,  you  must  take  care  to 
get  rid  of  your  silver  money,  for  what  passes  in  one  terri- 
tory will  not  pass  for  the  same  in  another,  and  they  are  so 
intricat  and  different  little  coins  I  can  give  no  account  of 
them. 

In  every  toun  where  you  stay  a  day  or  more  you  may 
hier  a  servant  that  knows  the  place  and  can  conduct  you 
every  where,  there  is  always  plenty  to  be  had,  but  you 
must  get  your  Land  Lord  to  recomend  and  answere  for 
their  honesty,  since  there  are  many  rogues  amongst  them, 
their  constant  pay  is  a  Testoon  2  a  day,  or  the  value  of  it 
alike  all  over  Italy. 

For  seeing  churches  and  palaces  and  most  other  places 
give  a  Testoon,  if  you  see  any  Sovereign's  house  you  must 
give  two  Testoons,  if  you  have  audience  of  any  Sovereign, 
the  guards  and  servants  expect  some  thing  to  drink,  half 
a  Pistol  amongst  them  all  is  sufficient.    At  Rome  a  Croun 


1  ios.  5d. 


2  is.  6d. 


390 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


is  enough  to  the  Pope's.  At  the  great  seasons  of  the  year 
if  you  are  there  they  come  again,  as  likewise  the  servants 
of  all  the  Italian  houses  you  go  to,  who  also  constantly 
come  the  day  after  you  have  been  at  their  house  the  first 
time  for  some  thing,  two  Testoons  is  enough  to  give  them 
and  the  first  time  only,  and  again  at  Christianmass  and 
Easter.  If  you  walk  often  at  Villas  you  need  not  give 
every  time.    A  Testoon  now  and  then  is  sufficient. 

At  Rome  you  must  have  an  antiquary  to  conduct  and 
show  you  the  antiquatys  and  raretys  who  will  always  atend 
you  when  you  send  to  him  when  you  go  to  see  any  thing. 
5  Pistols  is  enough  to  give  him  for  all  when  you  go  away. 

Through  your  whole  journey  you  will  be  often  stopt  at 
coming  into  every  different  dominion  to  serch  your  trunks 
for  merchandise  as  they  call  it.  Telling  them  they  may  look 
if  they  please,  at  the  same  time  assuring  them  you  have 
non,  and  giving  them  a  little  money,  will  free  you  from  any 
trouble,  sometimes  a  Paul  in  France,  one,  two  or  three 
livers  accoridng  as  you  have  things  about  you  to  be 
affrayd  of  a  strict  serch. 

At  every  place  you  stay  at,  any  acquaintens  you  meet, 
or  in  some  things  your  Land  Lord  will  inform  you  of  the 
general  price  of  things,  such  as  the  hier  of  your  coach, 
how  much  a  head  for  eating.  All  over  France  the  general 
price  is  25  1  sols  a  head  for  diner,  and  30  2  sols  for  super 
and  bed.  But  then  you  must  make  your  agreement  or 
they  will  make  you  pay  a  great  dale  more  and  you  will 
not  be  better  served.  In  Italy  you  only  say  when  you  come 
into  your  Inn  you  eat  a  Pasto  and  there  is  a  fixt  price  all 
over  Italy  for  diner  and  super.  I  think  it  is  2 J  3  Pauls 
at  diner  and  3  4  pauls  at  super. 

Going  in  to  Italy  over  the  Alps 
We  were  not  at  Leghorn  nor  Genoua  so  can  give  you  no 
derections  about  them.    If  you  go  to  Genoua  Mr.  Jackson 
the  King's  Consul  there  will  be  of  great  use  to  you,  he  is 
an  honest,  civil,  good  naturd  man. 


1  is.  id. 


'2  is.  7i-d. 


3  is.  3£d. 


4  is.  6^d. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


391 


You  are  caryd  over  Mount  Senis  in  chairs  by  men,  for 
which  you  give  a  Pistol  a  piece,  and  your  chaises  and  bagage 
by  mulls  for  which  you  must  make  the  best  bargen  you  can, 
there  will  be  fifty  people  tearing  you  to  pieces  to  be  em- 
ploy d. 

Turin 

The  first  toun  you  come  to  worth  notice  here  you  may 
see  all  in  two  or  three  days.  Some  houses  of  the  King's 
a  little  way  out  of  town  worth  seeing,  a  noble  prospect 
from  them.    If  there  is  a  British  Minister  there  go  to  him. 

Milan 

Here  you  may  stop  three  or  four  days.  There  is  many 
things  worth  seeing,  the  great  Church  St.  Paolo  and  others, 
the  Hospital,  the  Pest  house,  the  house  where  the  Ecco 
repeats  above  fifty  times  1  etc.,  the  Boromean  Islands 
near  Milan,  which  are  fine,  if  you  go  will  take  up  3  days  to 
go  and  return.  In  the  way  to  Milan  see  the  Chartereax 
at  Pavia. 

At  Piacenza  stop  a  day  to  see  the  Dukes  Palace  and  the 
Theater. 

At  Parma — a  day  to  see  the  galery  of  pictures  and  the 
famous  Theater. 

At  Regio  there  is  nothing,  but  within  two  mills  out  of 
the  road  there  is  a  new  house  of  the  Prince  of  Modena's 
in  the  French  tast  worth  seeing,  to  see  how  inferior  it  is 
to  the  Italian  Palaces,  etc. 

At  Modena — a  day  or  two  to  see  the  Duke's  Palace,  etc. 

Bologna 

This  will  take  up  a  week.  Inquire  for  Mr.  Magnoni  a 
banker  in  our  name.  He  will  be  of  great  use  to  you  when 
he  knows  who  you  are,  and  is  an  honest  man,  ask  also  for 
Sigre.  Barnachi 2  the  famous  singer  and  Sigre.  Sandoni 3 
the  husband  of  the  Cuzone,  they  will  be  pleasd  to  be  of 
service  to  any  of  our  family.  See  the  Institute — the 
Churches— Palazo  Sanpieri,  Palazo  Tavi— Pal.  Bonfiglioli 

1  This  is  the  '  Ecco '  Lady  Grisell  paid  3s.  5<3.  1  for  seeing.' 

2  See  p.  xlix.  3  See  p.  xlix. 


392  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


— Pal.  Zambeccari — Pal.  Magnani — Pal  Monti.  They  are 
best  stored  with  paintings.  The  Toun  house  cald  Palazo 
Publico.  Without  the  toun  the  Convents  of  St.  Michall 
in  Bosco,  the  Certosa  and  Capuchins.  There  is  here  the 
famous  Signora  Laura  Bassa,  a  learned  lady  who  is  made  a 
doctor ;  she  is  very  affable  good  company  and  makes 
straingers  wellcome  that  come  to  see  her ;  Mr.  Magnoni 
will  introduce  you  to  her. 

At  Loretta  half  a  day  is  enough  where  there  is  only  the 
Santa  Cassa  and  the  riches  in  it  to  be  seen. 

Betwixt  Loretta  and  Rome  you  must  see  the  famous 
cascade  at  Terni,  which  is  but  2  or  3  leagues  going  and 
coming  out  of  your  road. 

At  Rome 

Here  so  many  things  are  to  be  seen  that  it  will  take  you 
up  some  months  and  you  must  have  an  antiquary  to  con- 
duct and  show  you  every  thing.  The  only  one  I  know  is 
Sigre.  Marco  Parker  al  Caffe  Inglese  in  Piazza  di  Spagnia. 
He  is  an  English  man  and  cousen  to  Mr.  Parker  the  Beedle 
at  Oxford. 

At  Naples 

Here  you  need  no  derections,  only  inquire  for  the  Marquis 
Rinuccini,  Mr.  Consul  Allen  and  Mr.  Hammond,  who  are 
so  good  friends  of  ours  they  will  conduct  and  derect  you 
in  every  thing.  I  only  desire  you  woud  wait  upon  Made- 
moiselle Louise  Cagnony  and  her  sister  where  ever  they 
are  and  they  will  make  you  acquainted  with  any  other  of 
our  friends.  See  Portici,  where  we  lived,  and  Soriento, 
where  we  past  some  time  very  agreeably. 

A  list  of  posts  from  Naples  to  England  by  way  of 
Germany  which  we  came  ourselves  and  what  is  worth 
seeing  in  the  different  places  we  came  to. 

Naples  to  Rome  posts  to  pay 

Naples  to  Aversa,  Post  Royal  1         .        .        .  If 
To  Capua      ........  1 

To  Francolino       .......  1 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


393 


posts  to  pay 

To  St.  Agata  1 

To  Carigliano  where  there  is  a  river  to  pass,  pay  3 
carlini  for  each  Chaise.     .        .        .        .  .1 

ToMola  1 

Here  you  show  your  pass  which  you  get  at  Naples 


and  pay  some  thing  to  avoid  having  your  trunks  opend. 
2  carlins. 

To  Itri   1 

To  Fondi   1 

To  Terracina  where  ends  the  Neapolitan  State  and 
there  is  a  chain  where  you  pay  one  Carlino  per 

Chaize    ........  1 

To  Capaccie  .......  1 

To  Piperno   ........  1 

To  Casa  Nuova     .......  1 

To  Sermoneta       .......  1 

To  Cisterno  ........  1 

To  Veletri   1 

To  Marino   1 

Here  they  will  insist  upon  puting  3  horses  to  each 
shaise  which  they  cannot  oblige  you  to,  having  no  order. 

To  Torre  di  Mezza  via    .        .        .        .        .        .  1 

To  Rome   1 


in  all  18J 

At  going  into  any  great  toun  you  pay  only  common 
post,  at  seting  out  from  a  great  toun  you  pay  Post  Royal, 
which  is  a  post  and  a  half  for  only  one  post  of  way.  Coming 
into  Rome  they  drive  you  directly  to  the  Customehouse 
to  have  your  bagadge  serched.  Give  a  Festoon,  and  if 
they  do  not  suspect  you  have  counterband  goods,  they 
will  be  very  sivil  and  just  open  your  trunks  and  look 
into  them,  but  if  you  have  any  thing  seasable  you  loose 
it  if  they  find  it.  Put  your  Bibles  or  prayer  book  in  your 
pocket  or  hide  them  in  the  sate  of  the  chaise  which  is 
seldome  serched,  or  they  will  certainly  take  them  from  you, 
or  any  English  books  they  think  heretical. 


394 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


In  the  Neapolitean  State  you  pay  11  Carlini  per  chaise' 
every  post  and  3  Carlini  to  each  postilion. 

In  the  Roman  State  you  pay  8  Pauls  for  your  horses 
every  post  for  each  chaise,  2  Pauls  to  each  postilion  and 
3  pauls  for  a  single  horse. 


Rome  to  Florence 

Rome  to  La  Storta,  post  Royal  .  .  .  .  1| 
Passing  the  gate  1  paul  per  chaise. 

To  Baccano  ........  1 

To  Monte  Rossi  1 

To  Ronciglione      .......  1 

To  the  Mountain  of  Viturbo    .        .    f  post)  6  pauls  each 
To  Viturbo    .        .        .        .  §  post]    per  chaise 

To  Monte  Fiascone        .        .        .        .        .  .1 

To  Belsena  do  not  ly  here       .        .        .        .  .1 

To  St.  Laurenzo  .  .  .  J  of  a  post )  6  pauls  each 
To  Acqua  Pendente       .        .      f  of  a  post  j     per  chaise 

To  Centino  1 

To  Re  di  Coffano  a  good  place  to  ly  at     .        .  lj 
To  Rieorso    ........  1 

To  La  Scala  ........  1 

To  Torriero  ...  ....  1 

To  Bon  Convento  .......  1 

To  Montarone       .......  1 

To  Sienna     ........  1 


Here  see  the  dome  and  church,  they  are  fine  pices  of 
Gothick  Archetecture,  the  Chapel  Chigi  is  very  rich,  the 
floor  of  the  church  deserves  particular  notice,  it  is  the 
finest  in  Europe  and  make  them  take  the  boards  of  the 
pavement.  Off  the  church  see  the  Library  painted  in 
Fresco  after  the  desins  of  Raphael,  oposit  to  the  Church 
see  an  hospital  erected  by  a  shoe  maker,  see  the  Market 
place.   Sennesino  1  that  was  so  long  in  England  has  a  house 

1  Francesco  Bernardi  detto  Senesino,  one  of  the  most  famous  sopranists  of 
the  century,  born  about  1680  at  Siena,  received  his  musical  education  from 
Bernacchi,  and  was  brought  to  England  by  Handel.  1  In  1739  Senesino  was  liv- 
ing in  Florence,  and  sang  a  duet  with  the  Archduchess  Maria  Theresa  there. 
He  died  about  1750.' — Grove's  Dictionary  of  Music  and  Musicians. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


395 


here  and  will  be  glad  to  see  you  if  he  is  at  home.  Lodge 
at  the  3  kings. 

Sienna  to  Castiglioncello  .        .        .        .        .  .1 

To  Pogibonsi         .......  1 

To  Le  Tavernelle  1 

To  St.  Cassiano     .......  1 

To  Florence  ........  1 

A  French  house  in  the  Via  Magia  is  the  best  to  lodge  at, 
where  we  were  well  used,  Collins' s,  an  English  house  there, 
is  generally  full  and  not  the  most  reasonable.  All  English 
houses  or  any  English  body  you  employ  abroad  for  any 
thing  are  generally  the  first  and  readyest  to  impose  upon 
you,  therefor  to  be  avoided,  or  at  least  be  much  upon  your 
guard. 

If  Mr.  Mann  is  stile  Resident  here  he  will  conduct  and 
take  care  of  you  in  every  thing.  In  case  he  is  not  I  set 
down  what  follows.  See  the  galary,  which  imploys  you 
several  days,  ask  for  the  Copys  in  Brass  of  the  4  famouse 
status  that  are  in  the  Tribuna,  where  there  is  inumerable 
fine  and  curious  things,  as  there  is  in  every  part  and  room 
in  that  galery.  The  great  Church,  which  is  larger  every 
way  then  St.  Pauls  in  London ;  behind  the  great  alter  in 
the  dome  is  an  unnnisht  statue  of  a  dead  Saviour  by 
Michal  Angelo.  See  Giotto's  Tower  from  whence  there  is 
a  fine  prospect  of  the  Citty  and  Country.  Observe  the 
gates  of  the  Baptistry,  particularly  that  facing  the  church. 
It  is  the  finest  piece  of  work  of  that  kind  perhaps  in  the 
world.  The  little  chappel  under  St.  Lorenzo  where  the 
bodys  of  the  great  Dukes  are  reposited  is  the  design  of 
Michal  Angelo  and  several  of  the  statues  in  it  are  by  his 
own  hand.  The  Library  of  St.  Lorenzo,  the  entrence  into 
it  with  the  stairs  are  from  the  design  of  M.  Angelo.  The 
Cloysters  of  the  Annunciata  are  painted  by  Andrea  del 
Sarto  and  his  scholars.  The  best  are  a  Saint  bringing  to 
life  a  dround  boy,  which  is  the  first  on  your  right  hand 
as  you  enter,  and  a  Maddonna  with  Joseph  leaning  on  a 
sack  oposit  to  the  entry. 


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In  the  Church  of  the  Carmes  is  a  handsome  Chappel 
belonging  to  the  Corsini  Family. 

The  Poggio  Imperiale  about  a  mile  from  toun  is  a 
country  seat  of  the  Great  Dukes,  the  apartments  adorn' d 
with  valuable  paintings  and  other  fine  furnitur. 

Pratolino  six  mills  from  Florence  another  seat  of  the 
Dukes.  The  great  colossall  statue  in  the  garden,  the  water 
works,  the  grotto,  the  Theatre  in  the  house,  all  worth 
seeing :  when  you  are  here  ride  the  ring. 

Boboli  the  Dukes  garden  is  very  fine,  desire  to  see  the 
Menagery  there,  where  George  will  be  delighted  with  great 
variety  of  all  kinds  of  strange  burds  and  beasts,  if  you  have 
any  brass  money  in  your  pockets  it  will  be  very  good  food 
for  the  Ostrich,  in  the  uper  part  of  the  garden  where  the 
Citronades  grow  there  is  a  good  statue  of  Adam  and  Eve 
by  Michel  Aagelo.  You  will  have  good  luck  if  you  escape 
being  wet  when  the  water  works  plays,  they  are  very 
pritty. 

The  Capins  a  little  way  out  of  toun,  beautiful  road  to 
it,  cows  are  keept  there,  fine  chise,  butter  and  cream, 
people  go  there  to  breakfast,  and  there  is  several  rooms 
and  arbers  for  company  to  sit  in. 

The  Palaces  best  worth  seeing  are  Pitti,  Ricardi,  Strozzi, 
Iarini  where  there  is  a  fine  colection  of  paintings. 

There  is  statues  and  paintings  to  be  seen  in  the  old 
palace  belonging  to  the  Duke,  you  must  send  over  night 
to  have  leave  to  see  the  Wardrobe.  The  Dukes  coaches 
are  worth  seeing. 

The  apartment  of  the  Electrise  is  well  worth  seeing. 

There  are  good  statues  in  the  streets  as  a  Herculus  and 
Centaur  by  John  de  Bologne,  a  Rape  of  the  Sabins  by  the 
same,  a  man  suporting  his  dead  friend  antique.  Take 
notice  of  the  beautys  of  the  Ponte  Santa  Trinita. 

Florence  to  Bologna  posts 

Florence  to  Uccellatojio,  Post  Royal        .        .  .1 

Near  Uccelatojio  is  a  house  of  the  Dukes  cald  Prato- 
lino, where  are  many  fine  water  works,  you  pay  some 
thing  more  to  the  Postilions  to  bring  horses  from 


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posts 

the  next  post  to  cary  you  on  when  you  have  don  seing 
the  house. 

To  Ponte  Assieme  .......  1 

Here  if  you  have  much  baggage  they  can  oblige 
you  to  put  3  horses  to  each  Chaise  or  take  your 
baggage  off  and  cary  it  on  horses,  the  will  endeavour  to 
make  you  do  both.  We  took  3  horses  for  the  two  bad 
posts  only  and  did  not  take  off  our  baggage. 

ToGiogo   .  i| 

To  Fiorenzolo  a  good  place  to  ly  at  .        .        .        .  i| 

ToTilligare  1 

To  Sojano     ........  l 

The  Pope's  Dominions 

To  Pianore    .  1 1 

To  Bologna  .  1 1 

10| 

Lodge  at  the  Pellegrino  and  see  page  17  for  what  is  to 
be  seen. 

Bologna  to  Venice 

Bologna  to  St.  Giorgio,  Post  Royal  .  .  .  lj 
To  St.  Carlo  a  river  to  pass  pay  1  paul  per  Chaise        .  1\ 

To  Forrara  2 

Here  in  the  churches  are  good  paintings  but  few  by 
men  of  note.    See  the  Senola  della  Madona  Delia  Cir- 
concisione.    Cardinal  Rufo,  Bishop  of  the  place,  has 
a  fine  collection  of  paintings.    Lodge  at  St.  Marco. 
Ferrara  to  Francolino     .        .        .        .        .  .1 

6 

At  Francolino  we  took  water  to  Venice.  We  hierd  two 
piotte  (having  3  chaises  in  company),  for  which  we  payd 
at  the  rate  of  a  hunger  to  each  man  that  rowed.  You  may 
go  by  land  but  it  is  excessive  bad  road  and  dear.  You 
will  be  two  days  going  and  must  take  provisions  in  the 
boat  with  you.  We  coud  neither  get  beds  nor  any  thing  to 
eat  the  night  stopt  by  the  way. 


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At  Venice 

Lodge  at  Monsieur  D' Henrys  on  the  great  Canall  where 
we  were  well  used  and  cheap.  See  the  Church  and  Pro- 
curatories  of  St.  Mark.  The  smal  church  dedicated  to  St. 
Geminiano,  which  stands  at  one  end  of  the  Place  of  St. 
Marks,  was  built  by  Sansovino.  Mr.  Law  1  that  made  such 
a  figur  in  France  in  the  Messasipie  year  your  country 
man  is  buried  there.  If  Mr.  Consul  Broun  be  alive  who  is  a 
worthy  honest  Scots  man  send  to  him  and  he  will  do  every 
thing  for  you  when  he  knows  who  you  are.  Your  hierd 
servant  will  cary  you  to  all  the  churches  worth  seeing. 
In  the  Church  and  Convent  of  St.  Giorgio  Maggiore  are 
fine  paintings  by  Titian,  Tintoret  and  other  masters  of  the 
Venetian  school,  in  the  refectory  is  the  famous  Marriage 
of  Cana  by  Paul  Veronese.  There  is  good  paintings  in  the 
schools  of  St.  Rocco  and  St.  Marco.  The  Palaces  best 
worth  seeing  are  Grinani — Maniani — Grassi — Delphino — 
Pisani — Barberigo.  The  Doge's  Palace  and  the  Courts 
of  Justice  are  adornd  with  fine  paintings  of  Titian,  Tintoret, 
Paul  Veronese,  Bassan,  etc.  Observe  in  going  into  the 
Palace  the  statues  of  Adam  and  Eve  much  esteemd.  The 
Arsenal  is  well  worth  seeing  and  the  Treasury  and  Towr 
of  St.  Mark.  The  Library  of  St.  Mark  contains  several 
fine  busts,  statues  and  other  remains  of  antiquaty,  the 
roof  is  finely  painted.  The  Realto,  a  bridge  over  the  great 
Canal,  is  very  fine  and  many  fine  buildings  by  Paladio. 
Eat  Serbetti  at  a  house  near  St.  Marks  famous  for  making 
every  thing  in  Ice  the  best  of  any  place,  it  is  like  a  Collie 
house. 

Venice  to  Padua 

We  went  by  water  doun  the  Brent,  hierd  a  Bercello 
which  is  a  large  boat,  for  which  we  payd  48  pauls  ;  it  con- 
veniently holds  a  great  many  with  chaises  and  baggage, 
and  is  a  most  agreeable  way  of  going,  great  numbers  of 
fine  houses  being  all  along  that  river. 


1  The  well-known  John  Law,  born  in  Edinburgh  1681,  died  in  Venice  in 
poverty  in  1729. 


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At  Padua 

Lodge  at  the  post  house,  see  the  Church  of  St.  Guistina, 
it  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  world,  was  built  after  a  plan 
of  Palladio's,  the  Convent  behind  the  Church  is  very 
pritty,  the  Libary  and  Cellers  are  commonly  seen  by 
straingers.  The  Church  of  St.  Antonio  di  Padua.  The 
Chappel  del  Santo.  The  Bas  relief  that  adorns  it  is  the 
history  of  his  life  and  miracls,  very  fine ;  the  Scuola  di  St. 
Antonio  is  well  painted  by  Titian.  See  the  toun  house  in 
which  is  the  Monument  of  Titus  Livius  the  Roman  His- 
torian ;  see  the  Garden  of  Simples  and  Papafava.  It  is  a 
large  toun  once  well  inhabited  and  fine  Colleges  for  study- 
ing and  many  students  but  now  quite  ruinous  and  no 
body  there. 

Padua  to  Vicenza 
Posts 

Padua  to  Slesega  .  .  1  1  Here  you  pay  16  J  jDauls 
To  Vicenza   .        .  1  J         per  chaise  each  post. 

Vicenza,  lodge  at  the  post  house.  The  tounhouse  is  a 
noble  pice  of  Archetecture.  Many  of  the  Palaces  within  the 
toun  were  built  by  Palladio  or  Sansovano  and  are  esteemd 
the  best  in  Italy.  The  Olimpick  Theatre  is  a  noble  work  of 
Palladio's.  The  Triumphal  Arch  as  you  go  out  of  toun,  the 
house  of  Marquis  Capra  a  little  way  out  of  toun  is  well 
worth  seeing,  it  is  cald  the  Rotunda. 

Vicenza  to  Verona 

Posts 

Vicenza  to  Montebello    .        .        .        .        .  .1 

To  Caldier  l  j 

To  Verona    ........  1 

Lodge  at  the  due  Torre.  See  the  Amphetheatre,  it  coud 
contain  23,000  spectators — the  Arsenal — the  Dome — U 
Giardino  Gusto — the  Church  of  St.  George — the  Academia 
Philarmonica. 

From  Padua  quite  through  the  Venetian  State  there 
can  be  no  regulation  for  the  price  of  post  horses,  they  will 


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have  what  they  please,  there  being  no  limited  order.  We 
some  times  payd  18|,  16J  and  15  pauls  per  chaise,  and  in 
proportion  for  a  single  horse.  It  being  thought  dear 
makes  most  people  go  by  Voiturino's,  but  it  is  a  mistake. 
We  endeavourd  to  agree  with  those  people  from  Venice 
to  Trent,  but  found  afterwards  their  demands  was  realy 
more  then  it  cost  us  post :  they  woud  have  taken  double 
time  with  all  the  inconveniences  of  rising,  etc.,  that 
atend  traveling  that  way. 


Verona  to  Trent 

Posts 

Verona  to  Volarni  .       .       .       .       .       .       .  lj 

A  river  to  pass  pay  2  pauls  per  chaise. 

To  Peri  1 

A  difficult  passage  where  they  take  out  the  horses 
and  dragg  the  chaises  up  by  men  about  200  yards. 
We  payd  for  3  chaises  22  pauls. 

ToKala   .1 

To  Roveredo  ........  1 

To  Trent  2 


From  Verona  hither  we  payd  15  pauls  a  chaise  per  post. 
See  the  church  where  the  Counsell  was  held  in  which  is  a 
very  fine  organ,  hear  it  play,  it  is  extream  curious.  See 
St.  Peters,  where  is  keept  the  body  of  St.  Simion,  a  child 
murderd  by  the  Jews.    Lodge  at  the  Golden  Rosan. 

Here  you  must  put  an  avan  train  to  your  chaise,  for 
which  you  pay  from  22  to  25  florins  a  pice.  You  may 
find  them  ready  made,  but  further  on  you  must  wait  the 
making ;  you  cannot  travel  without  these  fore  carriages, 
they  not  being  used  to  drive  as  in  Italy.  Care  must  be 
taken  to  fit  the  axletrees  of  your  chaise  to  your  anan 
trains  that  they  may  both  run  in  the  same  tract.  Have  the 
fore  wheels  higher  then  they  commonly  are  if  you  can  get 
them.  The  people  there  are  used  to  fit  them  as  they 
shoud  be.  Here  the  mony  changes  to  Hungars,  Florins 
and  Karrentari,  see  page  11. 


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Trent  to  St. 
dominions  after 
but  Germans 
To  Equa 


Trent  to  Inspruck 
Michale  the  first  post  in 
which  no  more  Italian 


the  Imperial 
spock  nothing 
.  1 
.  1 


Those  two  posts  you  pay  one  Florin  per  horse  and  3 
horses  to  each  chaise. 


ToBradnol  .  .  .  . 
To  Bolsano  .... 
To  Tentschen 

To  Colman  .... 

To  Brixen  a  good  place  to  ly  at 
To  Mittewald 
To  Sterzingen 
To  Brenner  . 
To  Stainack  . 
To  Scamberg 
To  Inspruck  . 


Posts 

here  you  pay  45 
Karrentari  for 
each  3  quarters 
of  a  post. 


45 

Karrentari  each. 


At  each  whole  post  you  pay  one  Florin  per  horse  and 
put  3  horses  to  a  chaise.  At  the  3  quarters  of  a  post  you 
pay  45  Karrentare,  which  is  three  fourth  parts  of  a  Florin, 
and  at  every  post  you  pay  24  Karrentari  to  the  Postillions. 
Lodge  at  the  Golden  Rosen,  see  the  Franciscans  Church,  a 
pent  house  belonging  to  the  toun  house,  and  the  Emper- 
ours  Garden.    The  pent  house  is  coverd  with  gold  plate. 

Inspruck  to  Munick 

Posts 

Inspruck  to  Seafield       .        .        .        .        .  .2 

you  hier  an  additional  horse  at  the  half  way  house 
and  not  at  Inspruck  which  they  will  endeavour  to 
make  you  do. 

To  Mittewald  1 

To  Waller — see  a  very  odd  place     .  .    1 J 

To  St.  Bennedict  Buren  .        .        .        .        .  1% 

2  c 


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Posts 

To  Wolfertshousen  2 

To  Munick  2 

8 

Lodge  at  the  Daler  and  not  at  the  Soli  el  d'Or ;  it  is  an 
imposing  house.  See  the  Elector  of  Bavaria's  3  houses,  that 
in  the  toun,  Slysham  about  4  mills  out  of  toun,  and  as  you 
go  on  your  way  to  Auxburg  see  Nymfenberg,  it  is  in  the 
post  road.  The  Jesuits  Church  is  fine  ;  the  whol  toun  very 
pritty.  The  Elector  has  many  fine  houses  and  all  well 
furnished,  but  without  taking  up  too  much  time  you  can 
see  no  more  but  these  three,  they  being  at  a  distance  from 
the  toun.  Beware  here  of  any  bodys  coming  to  you  on 
pretence  of  showing  you  the  place.  We  were  imposed  upon 
by  one  who  pretended  to  be  a  gentleman  orderd  by  the 
Elector  to  atend  staingers  and  was  the  only  bite  we  met 
with  in  out  whole  journey.  One  cannot  be  enough  upon 
ones  guard  ;  there  being  folks  in  all  places  upon  the  watch 
for  straingers,  to  pick  their  pockets  in  any  way  they  can 
best.  Your  hierd  servant  or  your  Land  Lord  will  inform 
you  of  every  thing  to  be  seen  and  get  a  coach  for  you. 

Munick  to  Auxburg  Posts 

Munick  to  Pruch  H 

Pruch  to  digenpank       .        .        .        .        .  1 J 

To  Auxburg  .       .       .       .       .       .       .  H 

Lodge  at  the  Raisin  d'Or,  see  the  secret  gates  of  the  toun 
and  toun  house.  They  work  plate  finely  here.  It  is 
worth  going  to  the  great  Silver  Smiths  shope  to  see  it. 

Auxburg  to  Frankfort 


Auxburg  to  Meeintenham 

To  Donnawert 

To  Winding  . 

ToAding 

To  Dinkenpil 

To  Kreilsheim 


Posts 

•  n 
■  ii 

•  i* 
.  i 


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Posts 

To  Blauslelden  l  -i 

To  Mergentheim,  this  belongs  to  the  Prince  of  Anspach 

— Lutherans   .        .        .        .        .        .  11 

To  Bischofsen,  belongs  to  the  Prince  of  Holsten — 

Catholicks      .......  1 

To  Mittenberg,  belongs  to  the  Elector  of  Mayence — 

Catholicks      .......  2 

To  Aschafsenberg  El.  of  Mayence    .        .        .  .2 

To  Dettingen        .......  1 

To  Hannaw  see  the  Prince's  house  here    .        .  .1 
To  Frankfort,  lodge  at  the  Bone  Noir  on  the  Parrade. 

See  the  Cathedrall  and  Protestent  Churches       .  1 

Frankfort  to  Collogne.    See  page  44 

We  went  by  water  doun  the  Rhine  in  two  days  and  a 
half.  We  hierd  two  boats,  one  for  ourselves  close  coverd 
like  a  Pleasur  Barge  upon  the  Tames,  in  which  we  lay  all 
night  upon  good  straw  and  Pillows  for  our  heads,  and 
never  went  on  shore.  An  open  boat  for  the  servants  and 
chaises.  We  payd  75  Florins  for  all,  Taxes  included,  of 
which  there  are  many  at  every  toun  you  pass  by.  It  was 
in  the  sumer  and  no  danger  of  catching  cold.  We 
caryd  our  provitions,  had  tea  water  boyld  and  every  thing 
dresst  in  the  Boat  with  the  servants  which  was  tyd  to  ours. 
The  water  men  or  servants  went  on  shore  at  any  toun  we 
came  to  and  got  us  what  ever  we  wanted. 

At  Collogne  lodge  at  the  St.  Esprit,  see  the  toun  and 
churches  here  or  at  Frankfort,  get  rid  of  your  avan  trains, 
which  you  may  now  go  without,  and  will  be  of  no  use  to 
you  in  Flanders,  sell  them  for  what  you  can  get  tho  less 
then  you  payd.  We  left  3  at  Spa  thinking  they  offerd  us 
too  little  for  them  at  Frankfort ;  they  are  yet  unsold.  At 
the  entrence  into  Germany  they  are  wanted  and  necessary 
for  people  going  in,  and  by  chance  you  may  sell  them  for 
what  you  gave,  but  take  any  thing  reither  then  leave  them 
to  be  sold  at  a  better  price  which  they  will  perswade  you 
to  do  and  you  never  hear  more  of  them. 


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see  page  45 
Collogne  to  Aix  la  Chappelle 

Posts 

Collogne  to  Bergen        .        .        .       .       .  lj 

To  Juliers     ........  1 

To  Aix  la  Chappelle       .        .        .        .        .        .  lj 

Lodge  at  Florentins  near  the  Spring,  see  the  Cathedrall 
— Toun  house — Baths — Ramparts — where  they  drink  the 
waters,  etc. 

Aix  la  Chappelle  to  Spa 
There  is  no  post,  we  hierd  3  horses  to  each  chaise  and 
payd  12  Eskillins  per  horse.  The  whole  toun  is  lodging 
houses,  you  pay  an  Eskillin  a  night  for  each  room,  eat 
at  the  Ordinary.  Mr.  Hay  a  Scotsman  is  a  Banker  there,  he 
knows  us  well  and  will  be  of  service  to  you,  he  also  lets 
lodgeings.  See  all  the  fountains  round  the  toun.  The 
Capuchins  garden  where  all  the  Company  walk. 

Spa  to  Leige 

We  hierd  2  horses  to  each  chaise,  payd  12  eskillins  per 
horse,  dyn  at  Chaude  Fontaine  half  way,  see  the  Baths 
and  the  mashine  for  rasing  the  water  which  is  a  little  like 
the  great  one  at  Marli. 

At  Leige  lodge  au  Mouton  Blanc,  see  the  great  Church. 
The  English  Jesuits  Convent,  ask  for  Father  Phillips  who 
is  a  Cannon  of  Leige,  he  will  be  glad  to  show  you  sevility, 
you  saw  him  at  Oxford. 

From  Frankfort  to  Collogne  by  land 

Posts 


Frankfort  to  Kuningstein       .        .        .        .  1| 

To  Weirgas  ........  1 J 

To  Limperg  .......  1 

To  Walmroth   1 

To  Frayling  ........  1 

ToGutroth   1 

To  Weyerbus   lj 

To  Warth   1 

To  Spieg   1 


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Posts 

To  Collogne  ........  2 

From  Collogne  to  Utrecht  if  you  prefer  going  by 
Holland  to  tother  road 
Collogne  to  Nuyse  .......  2 

To  Hofstadt  bad  lodgeing       .        .        .        .  .2 

To  Santen  2 

To  Cleeves  2 

To  Nimeguen  about  20  mills,  lodge  at  White  Swan. 

To  Utrecht  about  35  mills,  lodge  au  Chateau  d'Anvers. 

Frome  Venice  to  Utrecht  by  this  Route  is  computed 
about  940  English  mills. 

From  Leige  to  Brussells  to  follow  the  Route  from 
Page  44. 

From  Leige  to  St.  Turon  3  horses  to  each  Chaise  if  two 
persons  are  in  it,  at  12  Eskillins  for  3  posts  which  it  is 
reckond,  it  is  at  the  rate  of  4  Eskillins  per  post  each  horse, 
at  each  barrier  you  pay  4  sols  per  chaise.  Postillions  at  the 
rate  of  one  Eskillin  per  post. 

Posts 

To  Tirelemon  3  Eskillins  per  post  each  Chaise    .        .  2 

To  Loven  2 

To  Brussells  3 

10 

Lodge  at  the  Emperour.  See  the  Cour — the  Arch- 
Dutches' s  Palace  and  the  Toun. 

Brussells  to  Paris 
Brussells  to  Tubise        .        .        .        .        •        .    2  J 
To  Brenlecourt      .        .        .  •  l£ 

To  Chateau  lj 

To  Corignion  by  way  of  Mons  which  is  half  a  league 
about     ........  2 

To  Chivrein  l£ 

Here  you  are  sercht.  At  50  yards  from  Chivrein  you 
are  sercht  again,  at  entering  into  France,  at  entering 
Valencienne  again.    We  had  little  trouble  by  imediatly 


406  THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


giving  a  little  money,  and  without  hesitation  telling  them 
at  the  same  time  we  gave  the  money  that  they  might 
serch  if  they  pleasd  for  we  had  nothing  counterband  nor 
any  Merchandise  which  is  the  question  they  ask. 

From  Brussells  to  Valencienne  you  pay  3  Eskillins  per 
horse  each  post.  If  two  people  are  in  the  Chaise  you  pay 
for  3  horses  tho  you  get  but  two  and  so  it  is  generaly  all 
over  France. 

Posts 

Chivrien  to  Valencienne         .        .        .        .        .  2| 

Lodge  at  Grand  St.  Martin.  At  every  Bureau,  which 
is  the  same  as  our  Custome  house  officers,  they  inquire 
if  you  have  old  money,  which  is  prohibited.  If  you  have 
any  you  must  take  care  to  hide  it  well,  for  some  times 
they  serch  very  narowly,  and  if  they  find  it  you  loose  it, 
but  a  little  monejr  given  in  time  generaly  prevents  it. 

Posts 

To  Bushein  .  .  .  .  '  .  .  .  .  2| 
To  Cambray  ........  1| 

Here  they  serch  slightly.  Lodge  at  the  post.  See 
the  house  Lord  Marchmont  lived  in.  He  is  stile  rememberd 
in  this  place  with  honour  and  affection,  which  you  will 
find  if  you  go  to  the  English  Nunery,  and  but  name  him 
and  say  you  are  related  to  him  or  indeed  any  where  ells 
in  the  whole  toun. 

Posts 

To  Metz  en  Conture  2 

To  Peronne  here  you  are  serched  again  but  no  more 
till  you  get  to  Paris         .        .        .        .  .2 

To  Marche  le  pot  .......  1| 

To  Fouches  ........  1 

To  Roy  1 

To  Couche  Le  pot  .......  1 

To  Cuvilly  1 

To  Gournay  a  good  place  to  ly  at  .        .        .  .1 

To  Bois  de  Lihu    .        .        .  •  .        .  .1 

To  Point  St.  Maixence    .        .        .        .        .        .  1| 

To  Chantilly  1 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  407 


From  Pont  St.  Maixence  you  go  through  the  Duke  of 
Bourbon's  fine  Park  and  Gardens.  When  you  come  to 
Chantilly  lodge  at  the  post  house  and  stay  a  day  to  see 
the  house  and  Gardens,  the  finest  thing  to  be  seen  in  France. 
Chantilli  to  Lusarche     ......  1 

To  Ecouen  U 

To  St.  Denis  where  you  see  the  Treasury  of  the  Kings 

of  France  who  are  cround  and  burried  there       .  1 
To  Paris  post  Royal  you  pay  .        .        .        .  .2 

Here  you  get  a  little  printed  book  of  all  the  posts  in 
France  which  derects  you  very  exactly. 

Paris 

Here  we  had  privet  lodgeings  at  the  Hotel  d'Ambour, 
Rue  de  Tour,  Fauxbourg  St.  Germain,  payd  300  livers 
a  munth  for  all  the  first  floor,  containing  6  handsome  well 
furnished  rooms,  3  rooms  on  the  floor  over  it,  a  Hall  for 
servants  and  other  conveniences. 

A  Tour  we  made  to  see  some  of  the  Kings  houses 
about  Paris,  October  1733 
We  set  out  with  our  own  coaches,  with  only  a  pair  of 
horses.    First  to  La  Mutte,  a  hunting  Seat  of  the  Kings, 
the  house  not  fine,  the  gardens  pritty.    From  that  through 
the  Bois  de  Bologne  to  St.  Cloud,  a  Seat  of  the  Duke  of 
Orleans's,  the  Park  and  Gardens  6  Leagues  round.  From 
that  about  a  League  to  Mudon,  a  house  of  the  Kings  finly 
situated.    Thence  to  Versaills  about  4  a  clock  and  saw 
part  of  the  house  that  evening.    Lodged  at  the  Cadran 
Blue.    Next  morning  saw  the  rest  of  the  house  and  gardens, 
which  woud  take  up  more  then  a  day.    Saw  the  Menagery 
where  there  is  a  smal  house.    Went  through  the  Park 
of  Versaillies  to  Trianon,  a  very  pritty  house  of  the  Kings 
built  of  marble  and  fine  gardens.    From  that  to  Marli, 
an  exceeding  fine  place.    The  house  has  4  apartments,  no 
body  gose  there  when  the  King  gose  but  whome  he  names. 
There  is  on  each  side  of  the  house  6  pavillions  in  the 
garden  sourounded  by  trees,  2  familys  can  lodge  in  each. 
Tho  this  place  lys  high  yet  it  apears  very  low,  being 


408 


THE  HOUSEHOLD  BOOK 


surounded  by  high  mountains,  except  towards  the  garden. 
There  is  no  water  but  what  is  supply d  by  a  vast  machine 
half  a  league  below  the  house,  which  may  be  said  to  throw 
the  river  Sein  up  a  vast  hill,  which  is  there  received  in 
reservoirs  to  throw  it  back  again  into  the  Garden,  where 
water  abounds  in  all  shapes.  From  Marli  see  the  Machine, 
which  is  composed  of  14  vast  wheels.  From  that  to  St. 
Germans,  a  very  fine  place  where  King  James  and  his 
Queen  died.  It  is  quite  ruinous,  but  capable  of  being 
made  the  finest  place  the  King  has.  The  Castle  is  now 
inhabited  by  Irish  people  of  fashion  adherents  to  that 
King.  The  Tarrass  is  very  fine.  Here  we  lay  the  second 
night  at  the  Prince  de  Galles,  and  got  to  Paris  next  day  by 
diner. 

To  be  seen  more  in  and  about  Paris 

Le  Cabinet  de  Monsieur  Le  Due  d' Orleans  au  Palais 
Royal,  where  there  is  the  finest  colection  of  picturs  in 
France,  or  almost  any  where  ells.  That  of  the  Holy 
Family  by  Raphael  valued  at  5000  pound. 

La  Gallerie  du  Luxembourg,  where  there  is  fine  paintings 
of  Rubens. 

Lese  Invalides. 

L'Hotel  du  Mayne,  Rue  de  Bourbon. 
Le  Palais  de  Madame  La  Duchess  de  Bourbon,  proch 
les  Invalides. 

L'Hotel  d'Antin,  Rue  neuve  St.  Augustin. 
L'Hotel  d'Evreux,  Fauxbourg  St.  Honore. 
L'Hotel  de  Toulouze,  proch  la  Place  des  Victoir. 
La  Bibliothique  du  Roy — Rue  de  Richelieu. 
L'Observatoire. 

Seaux.  The  Duke  of  Maynes  house,  4  leagues  from 
Paris. 

Vincennere,  1  league  from  Paris. 
Bagnolet  the  Duke  of  Orleans's,  1  league. 
St.  Maur  the  Duke  of  Bourbon's,  2  leagues. 
St.  Ouen,  1  league. 
Petitbourg,  6  Leagues. 
Fountainebleau,  14  leagues. 


OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE  409 


Choisy,  4s  leagues. 

Issy,  the  Princess  of  Conti's. 

The  Tuilleries. 

The  Louvre. 

The  Gallery  of  Fortifications. 
Notre  Dame. 

The  Chappell  of  Val  de  Grace. 

The  Chartreux  Convent,  where  are  paintings  esteemd 
good  don  by  Le  Sieurs. 

The  Chappelle  of  Carmalet  Nuns,  where  is  a  pictur  by 
Guido  for  which  Lord  Burlington  offerd  3000  pound,  and  a 
Magdalen  by  Le  Brune. 

The  Sorborne,  where  is  Cardinal  Richlieus  Monument, 
extream  fine. 

The  Church  of  St.  Sulpice. 

Place  Vandome. 

Place  Victoire. 


Paris  to  Callais 

Paris  to  St.  Dennis,  post  Royall 
To  Ecouen  . 
To  Lasarche  . 
To  Chantilly 
To  Lingueville 
To  Clermont,  a  good  place  to  ly  at 
To  St.  Just  . 
To  Wavigny  . 
ToBreteul  . 
To  Flors 
To  Habecour 
To  Amiens  . 
To  Piequigny 
To  Flexcourt 
To  Haut  Cloches  . 
To  Abbeville  a  good  place  to  ly  at 
To  Nouvion  . 
To  Bernay  . 
To  Nampon 


Posts 
2 


410    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Posts 

To  Montreal  lj 

To  Frane  1| 

To  Neuchatel  1 

To  Boulogne         .......  1| 

A  good  place  to  ly  at,  inquire  for  Mr.  Smith,  a  wine 
Merchant,  a  Scots  man ;  we  had  wine  from  him ;  he 
is  very  sivil  and  servisable  to  all  his  country  folks. 

From  Boulogne  to  Marquise    .        .        .        .        .  1| 

To  Haut  Buisson  .......  1 

To  Callais  1 

30J 

Here  if  you  do  not  think  it  worth  while  to  bring  your 
Chaises  home  and  they  are  but  unwildy  and  troublesome 
in  our  country,  sell  them  for  what  you  can  get.  Some 
times  it  happens  people  just  come  there  wanting  to  go  to 
Paris  or  Italy  will  give  you  there  value  and  be  glad  to  get 
them.  If  that  dos  not  happen,  the  people  there  who 
make  it  their  business  to  buy  chaises  to  sell  again,  will 
give  you  very  little  for  them,  but  take  it  reither  then  leave 
them  there  to  be  sold.  It  will  perhaps  cost  duble  there 
price  for  the  hier  of  there  standing  and  not  to  be  sold  at 
last,  as  we  found  by  two  we  left  there.1 

From  Callais  to  Dover  we  hierd  a  little  shipe,  on  of  Mr. 
Minets,  3  guineas  is  the  common  hier  for  the  whol  shipe, 
if  others  are  going  you  may  get  passage  cheaper,  either 
in  those  boats  or  in  the  Kings  packet  boats  that  go  con- 
stantly. Ly  at  Dover  at  the  Shipe.  Your  trunks  and 
baggadge. 

1  1  They  ask  me  here  [Calais,  27  July  1739]  extravagant  prices  for  chaises,  of 
which  there  are  great  choice,  both  French  and  Italian  :  I  have  at  last  bought 
one  for  fourteen  guineas  of  a  man  whom  Mr.  Hall  recommended  me.' — Lady 
Mary  Worthy  Montagu's  Letters. 


APPENDIX  I 


I. — State  showing  various  articles  mentioned  in  the  accounts, 
and  their  prices  between  the  years  1693  and  1718.  The 
money,  weighs  and  quantities  appearing  in  the  Accounts 
are  here  reduced  to  money  sterling,  weight  Avoirdupois 
and  quantity  Imperial  Liquid  Measure. 


Scotland. 

London.  ! 

Present  Day. 

£ 

d. 

£ 

8. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

\ 

I 

I 

0 

1 

o 

Almonds  .... 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

11  G 

to 

0 

o 

L 

y 

Almond  Biscuits 

do. 

0 

] 

5-4 

Aloe  Berries     .           no  price  given 

Anchovies 

do. 

Apples  .... 

p.  barrel 

1 

10 

0 

Apples  .... 

per  dozen 

0 

0 

i) 

0 

2 

Apples  from  Bemerside  and 

Bassendean 

per  doz. 

0 

0 

3 

Apples  (French) 

per  doz. 

0 

1 

0 

Barley  .... 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

1-4 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

n 

Barley  (pearl)  . 

0 

0 

3  6 

0 

0 

2 

Bee  skep  .... 

0 

1 

0 

10 

Bees  wax  .... 

p.  11)'. 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

Blue  (washing),  dearer  after 

J° 

0 

6-5 

to 

1 

0 

0 

of 

Union 

p.  oz. 

to 

f° 

0 
0 

102 
2-7 

J 

Butter  (cheaper  after  Union) 

p.  lb. 

lo 

to 
0 

43 

I 

0 

1 

4 

Butter  from  England 

p.  barrel 

1 

8 

0 

Camomile  .... 

no  price 

Candles  (rag  wick,  G,  8,  12, 
and  20  to  the  lb.) 

2-9 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

Candles  (cotton  wick,  G  to 

0 

4'3 

the  lb.) 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

0 

4 

Candles  (Irish), 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

3'8 

0 

b 

to 

Candles  (Mould,  G  and  10 

p.  lb. 

{ 

to 

3 

0 

0 

8 

to  the  lb.)  . 

0 

0 

Candles  (wax  for  lighting 

p.  lb. 

0 

tobacco) 

2 

G 

111 

412    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Capers 
Carmel 
Caraway  seeds  .       .  no 
Chalk,  do. 

Cheese  (Best)  . 

„  (coarse) 

„  (Cheshire) 

„  (Tweeddale) 
Cherries  to  brandy 

Do.  to  preserve 
Chestnuts  . 

Chocolate  . 

Cinnamon 

Cinnamon  water 

Citron  peel 
Cloves 

Coffee  Beans  (unburned) 

Do.  (roasted) 

Coffee  powder  . 

Corks 


Corn  flower 
Cucumbers, 

Currants,  . 


Figs 
Fish- 


no 


p.  lb. 
p.  lb. 
price  given 


p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 
p.  lb. 
price  given 

p.  GOO 
price  given 

p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 

p.  pint. 

p.  lb. 
p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 

p.  gross 

price  given 
p.  pint 


p.  lb. 


Barrel  containing  30  salt  cods 

Herrings  p.  barrel,  exclusive 
of  carriage 

Herrings  (Glasgow) 
(Lewis)  . 
,,  (Hempstead) 
,,  (Dunbar) 
,,       fresh  to  salt  for 
servants 
Killine  (dried) 

Ling  . 


lb. 


p.  barrel 


p.  1000 
.  each 


Scotland. 


ab 

CL. 

0 

1 

1 

0 

8 

5'8 

0 

b' 

2*2 

to 

u 

a 

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0 

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1 

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0 

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0 

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0 

London. 

£  s.  d. 


0    0  3 

0  if  3J 
0    8  0 


0  10  0 
(0    4  Oj 
|p.  bottle) 
0    3  0 
0  11  0 


0  12  0 
0    6  oj 

}  -{ 


0    0  5^ 


0    0  11 


Present  Day. 

£  s.  d. 


APPENDIX  I 


413 


Scotland. 


Fish — contd. 
Oysters  . 
Oysters  (pickled) 
Salmon  for  a  year 
Sturgeon 
Trout 

Flambeaux 


Ginger 
Ginger  bread 
Ginger  confected 
Gooseberries  to  bottle 

Hartshorn  jelly 
Honey 

Indigo 
Lemons 

Lemons,  syrup  of 
Loaves 

Mace 

Milk  Ewe  . 
Mugwort  water . 
Mustard  . 
Myrrh 

Nutmeg  . 

Nuts  Pistachio  . 
Spanish 

Oil  salad  . 
Olives 
Oranges  . 
Orange  peel 

Pepper 


.  p.  barrel 
.    p.  barrel 

p.  little  barrel 
price  not  given 

.  each 


p.  lb. 
no  price  given 
p.  pot 
p.  pint 


p.  quart 
p.  oz. 

each 

no  price  given 
each 

p.  oz. 
p.  pint 
p.  lb! 

p.  oz. 

p.  lb. 
p.  pint 

p.  pint 

each 
p.  lb. 

p.  lb. 


£ 

s. 

</. 

£ 

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0 

2 

0 

0 

2  0 

1 

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0  6  4 

0  0  0f^| 
to 

0  0    4  J 

0  1  11*2 

0  1  43 
to 

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London.      Present  Day. 


0    0  1 


0  0  81 
0    2  0 


0  14 

0    2  0 


0    0  1 
to 

0  0  n 


0  0  5 

0  3  9 

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0  0  2 

0  3  6 

0  12 


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0    3  0 


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to 

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2 

0 

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6 

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0 

414    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Scotland. 

London. 

Present  Day. 

£ 

d. 

£ 

&'. 

d. 

£ 

d. 

ii  a  i\ripo  oci  van 

I1U   UllLC  ^Ivtll 

6 

n\ 

Pipes,  tobacco 

p.  doz. 

1° 

to 

r 

lo 

0 

3  1 

Plumbs,  musk 

no  price  given 

X  \J  Lets  11                •  • 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

4*5 

0 

0 

6i 

T*1*ll  Tl  P« 

1  X  U  1 1                      •  • 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

4*3 

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0 

0 

1 

... 

J° 

0 

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li  51  1  Wl  1  W 

AVCfclolllo                  •  • 

p.  lb. 

to 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

4 

10 

0 

5  *8  J 

I  v*  l  Lfll  1ft                 •  • 

no  iirir,p  frivpn 

1° 

1 

6l 

Rhubarb 

p.  oz. 

0 

2 

21 

to 

0 

10 

3 

10J 

(  A 

{ 

9 

1 

0 

2 

Rice 

p.  lb. 

to 

... 

to 

In 

10 

4 

4  J 

In 

lo 

0 

4i 

Rolls 

p.  doz. 

rv 

yj 

0 

i 

0 

0 

6 

0 

4 

2 

... 

Sago 

p.  lb. 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

2| 

Salt 

r»  nppk 

.               If*      IJ  V>  1  I\ 

0 

4 

4 

... 

... 

Saltpetre 

no  price  given 

... 

OtJtJtl  1U1    U1IUS  • 

p.  lb. 

0' 

0 

2*9 

0 

0 

2i 

OI1U1  lUIcaU     .  • 

Tin  nnpp  crivPTi 

11U    III  IK  t  E£  1  V  Cll 

... 

Snuff  . 

p.  lb. 

0 

4 

0 

0 

5 

6 

Snuff  tnnai'i'n 

kjlltllJ    lUWavl/U  • 

p.  lb. 

0 

0 

/  "2 

(0  18 

Soan  fNpwnastlp^ 

p.  firkin 

t. 

to 

n  f 

... 

0 

12 

6 

2 

0  J 

1° 

12 

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Soap 

fin 

to 

a  ( 

0 

12 

0 

... 

lo 

16 

6  J 

opei  m<iceii  .  . 

lltj  Ul  11/B  ^IVCH 

... 

... 

Spice    .        •  . 

p.  lb. 

0 

i 

1 

... 

0 

1 

4 

0 

8  1 

Spirits  of  Wine  . 

p.  pint 

r 

to 

11  f 

... 

0 

0 

4 

(o 

0 

11  J 

f° 

2 

Starch  . 

•         ly.  olUllv 

to 

... 

... 

lo 

3 

41  J 

f° 

0 

Sugar,  candibord  . 

P.  lb. 

to 

D 

0 

1 

H 

0 

0 

4 

lo 

1 

0 

3*6 1 

coarse 

r 

to 

0 

0 

8 

lo 

0 

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kitchen 

0 

0 

64 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

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APPENDIX  I 


415 


Scotland. 

London. 

Present  Day. 

£ 

8. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Sugar,  powdered  . 

0 

0 

43 

0 

0 

<; 

0 

0 

3 

Syrup,  balsamic 

> 

0 

12 

0 

... 

Tartar,  red 

[i. 

lb. 

0 

0 

7*2 

16 

0  1 

16 

Tea,  Bohea  . 

p. 

lb. 

f° 

to 

f° 

to 

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ll 

9 

i  J 

ll 

1 

oj 

0 

] 

6 

,,  Green  . 

p. 

lb. 

0 

14 

7 

to 

,,   Hyson  . 

p. 

lb. 

1 

1 

1  9 

A 

U 

0 

q 
o 

U 

,,  Pekoe  . 

p. 

lb. 

1 

4 

0 

Chocolate  . 

p. 

lb. 

0 

r 

48 

4 

Tobacco 

p. 

lb. 

0 

i 

5  4 

0 

2 

0 

0 

9 

4 

Wafers 

0 

i 

0 

Varnish 

no  price  given 

Vinegar 

p.  pint 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

3 

II. — List  of  Wikes,  Ales  and  Spirits,  and  their  prices, 
between  1693  and  1718. 


Ale,  English 
Ale  from  H.  Y.1 
Aquavitae  .... 
Arrac  .... 

Beer— 

Small  beer  from  Abbey  Hill 
Brandy  .... 

Burgundy  .... 

Canary  .... 
Champagne 

Claret  .... 


p.  pint 
p.  pint 
p.  pint 
p.  doz. 


p.  pint 
p.  pint 

p.  flask 

P-  gal- 

.    p.  bottle 
p.  doz. 
p.  hogshead 


Scotland. 

£  s.  d. 

0  0  1 

0  0  Of 

0  0  6| 

5  4  0 


London. 


0 

0 

0 

0 

to 

0 

1 

0 

7 

0    6    8  ) 
to 

0    7    9  J 


d. 


2    2  0 


1  ° 
I  P- 


6 


bottle 


[  0    4    0  ] 

I  o  7  o  J 

1  13  2 
j'500W27  00,i 

125    0    0  J|l 47    0    0  J 


1  Perhaps  Harry  Younger's  Abbey  Hill  Brewery.  Beer  is  also  got  from 
Dunfermline,  Dundee,  and  Leith, 


416    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Scotland. 

London. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

d. 

Emetic  wine 

0 

7 

0 

Florence  wine  . 

p.  doz. 

0 

15 

0 

0 

o  1 

French  wine 

p.  hogshead 

1 

to 

... 

114 

5 

0 

o  J 

Fruntimack,  Frontignan 

p.  pint 

u 

1 

y 

Gineva,  bought  in   England  along  with 

rhubard 

... 

Green  wine 

p.  gal. 

0 

7 

l 

(  0 

4    0  ^ 

Hermitage 

.    p.  bottle 

to  \ 

(  0 

6    0  J 

Madeira 

.  no  price  given 

... 

Malaga 

p.  doz. 

1 

i 

l 

Mum 

p.  pint 

0 

0 

6f 

Pontack  from  Bordeaux 

p.  hhs. 

Port  .... 

p.  doz. 

0 

18  0 

Sack  .... 

p.  gal. 

0 

6 

1 

Sherry 

p.  pint 

0 

0 

11 

Sherry  sack 

p.  hhs. 

16 

13 

4 

White  wine  for  pliysic 

p.  pint 

0 

1 

4 

III. — Prices  of  Cattle,  Sheep,  Poultry,  etc., 
between  1693  and  1718. 

Cattle.    Milk  cows    .  .  .  .£326 

Holland  cow .  .  .  .18  4 

Cows  for  killing       .  .  .      1  ]2    0  to  £2    7  0 

Calfs  .  .  .  .     0    3    6  to     0  10  0 

Skin  and  tallow  of  a  cow,  worth      .      0    6  8 
Beef,  back,  say,  and  rump,  5s. ;  \  leg  of  beef,  7s. ;  in  England, 

3d.  p.  lb.;  Veal,  leg  of,  2s.  Id.;  leg  of  veal  from  Berwick, 

5s. 

Sheep.  Rams,  15s.  6d.;  Ewes,  5s.  to  10s.  each;  Sheep  for  servants, 
about  5s.  each  ;  Lambs,  Is.  8d.  to  4s.  each  ;  skin  of  a 
sheep,  worth  about  Is.  4d.;  killing  sheep,  6d.;  Mutton, 
leg  of,  5s.;  in  England,  3|d.  p.  lb. 

Pigs.  Pigs,  £1  to  £1,  5s.  each  ;  hams  in  Scotland,  7s.  each  ;  in 
England,  hams  (Westphalian),  Od.  to  lid.  p.  lb.;  other 
hams,  Is.  2d.  p.  lb. 

Birds.  Hens,  5d.,  capons,  8d.  each;  chickens,  2J  each;  turkeys, 
Is.  4d.  to  3s.  Id.  each ;  geese,  lOd.  each ;  goslings,  6d. 
each  ;  carrying  same  from  Border,  Id.  each  ;  grey  plovers, 
6d.  p.  pair ;  green  plovers,  5d.  p.  pair ;  wild  ducks,  4d. 
to  6d.  each  ;  small  teal,  4d.  each. 


APPENDIX  I  417 
IV.— Prices  of  Fuel  between  1693  and  1718. 


Coal- 


Carberry  

Carlops  ..... 

Woolmit  

Clackmannan,  put  down  in  the  close 
Alloa  

Carting  same  from  Leith 
Etal  (Northumberland) — 

Small  coal  .... 

Great  coal  .... 

Cost  of  carrying  same  . 

Scots  coal  ..... 


Coal  ...... 

Peat  

Charcoal  

Billets  of  wood  

Roots  and  brushwood  used  in  England 


p.  cart 
p.  load 
p.  dale 
p.  dale 
p.  ton 
p.  ton 


load 
load 
load 


p.  ton 

p.  ton 

p.  stack 

».  bushel 
p.  100 


Scotland. 

£ 

8. 

d. 

0 

4 

8 

0 

1 

0 

0 

9 

0 

0 

9 

6 

0 

0 

8 

0 

2 

2 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

9 

0    3  4 


Note. — There  is  nothing  in  the  accounts  to  show  what  weight  is  repre- 
sented by  the  words  'dale,'  'cart/  and  'load.'  A  dale,  how- 
ever, seems  to  be  used  as  synonymous  with  a  ton,  and  as  we  see 
from  the  Accounts  (1703)  that  it  took  two  carts  to  carry  a  dale, 
a  cart  probably  represents  a  \  ton.  A  load  nowadays  means 
3  cwt.,  and  it  probably  meant  the  same  then. 

In  London  the  Accounts  show  that  a  cart  carried  nearly  a 
ton  (£). 


2d 


418    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


APPENDIX  II 

Statemknt  showing  money  wages  per  annum  of  servants,  etc. 


Master  Household 
Butler  . 

Footman 
Coachman 

Groom  . 

Postillion 
Carter 
Valet 
Barnman 

Gardener 

Housekeeper  . 
Ladysmaid 
Cook  . 

Under  Cook  . 

Kitchen  Maid . 

Chambermaid  . 


Scotland 
Prior  to  1714. 

£  *.  d. 
5    0  0 
3    0  0 
113  4) 
to 

2  10 

3  0 
to 

4  0  0 
1  10 

to 
0 


I 
I 

f 

1  2 


of 

°l 

0  ] 

0 ) 

0/ 


d 

London 

In 

1740 

1718. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£  s.  d. 

14 

0 

0 

{ 4  0  0 

5 

0 

0 

\  to 

8  0  0 
2  10  0 


0  0 
0  0 


14    0  0 


5 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

5  0  0 

(G  0  0 

8 

0 

0 

{  to 

18  0  0 

0  0 
0  0 
0  0 


16  0  0 
*3  0  0 


5  0  0 


(4  0  0 
i  to 
(5  0  0 


Continent. 
1732. 

£  s.  d. 


10  10  0  Spa 
16  16  0  Naples 
3  12  0  Naples 


3  12  0  Naples 


1  This  was  the  Baillies'  Scots  coachman,  so  ^3  cannot  be  fairly  regarded  as 
the  English  wage. 


APPENDIX  II 


419 


Laundrymaid  . 

French  Maid  . 
Nurse 
Woman  to  wait  on 

Children 
Dairy  Maid  . 
Fowl  and  swine  girl 
W oman  to  wash  ant 

spin 

Woman  haymaking 
without  food 

Field  labourer,  Do 

Thresher,  Do 

Herd;  without  meat 
Officer,  Do. 


Scotland 


Prior  to  1714. 

£  s.  d. 

{ 1 1  0 ) 

I  1  17    4  J 


3    6  8 

5    0  0 

1    4  0 

1  14  0 

0  0  3| 
p.  day 

0  0  5 
p.  day 

0  0  llj 
p.  day 


In  1740. 

£  s.  d. 
2    0  0 


2    0  0 


0  0 
5  0 


London 
1718. 

£  s.  d. 


0  0 


Continent. 
1732. 
£  S.  d. 


Tradesmen  in  Scotland  prior  to  1714 :  Tailor,  4d.  p.  day  and  food  ; 
mason,  Is.  p.  day ;  wright,  lOd.  p.  day  ;  thatcher,  Is.  p.  day.  Drystone 
dykes  cost  Is.  p.  rood,  and  turf  dykes  8d.  p.  rood.1 


1  See  note,  p.  lxiii. 


420    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


APPENDIX  III 

Note  of  Fees  paid  in  connection  with  Education  in  Edinburgh 
except  where  otherwise  marked. 


Miss  May  Menzies  Governess    .       .       .p.  annum 
Arithmetic        .       .       .       .       .       .a  quarter 

Book-keeping    .       .       .       .       .       .a  course 

Cooking  lessons        .       .       .       .       .a  course 

Dancing — 

A  course  to  perfect  Lady  Grisell  (Edinburgh) 


Children  

In  London  ..... 
Fiddler  for  same  .... 

Flute1  lessons  

French  (London).    To  the  French  Mistress 
French  (London).    To  the  French  Master 
Geography  ..... 
Harp  lessons  (London) 
Italian  Lessons  (Naples) 
Painting  lessons  .... 

Playing  (spinet  and  virginel) 

Tuning  do. 
Playing  lessons,  spinet  (Naples) 
Reading  ...... 

To  perfecting  reading 

Reading  School  .... 


Singing  

Singing  (Naples) 

Theory  of  Music.    Thorough  Bass 
Viol  lessons  .... 
Writing  Lessons 


p.  month 

p.  month 
p.  month 

p.  quarter 

p.  month 
p.  month 
p.  quarter 
the  first  month 
p.  month 
p.  month 

p.  quarter 

p.  quarter 
p.  month 
p.  quarter 


p.  quarter 


p.  month 

p.  month 
p.  quarter 
p.  month 
p.  month 


1  Two  flutes  are  bought,  one  for  ios.  stg.  and  the  other  for  £i,  5s.  stg. 
Prices  of  spinets  and  virginels  are  not  given. 


APPENDIX  IV 


421 


APPENDIX  IV 

TABLES  OF  SCOTS  AND  ENGLISH  MONEY 
AND  MEASURES1 


I. — Money 

12  Scots  pennies  =1  Scots  shilling-  =  1  penny  stg. 
20  Scots  shillings  =  1  Scots  pound   =  ls.  8d.  stg-. 
A  guinea  =  between  £1,  Is.  and  £l,  3s.  6d. 

A  jacobus  =  about  £l,  6s. 

A  mark  =  13s.  4d.  Scots    =  ls.  l^d. 

A  rex  dollar        =7s.  3d. 
A  dollar  =4s.  2M. 


stg. 


II. — Measures  of  Extension 


Scots  Lineal  Measure. 
1  Scots  inch         =  1 
8*88  Scots  inches  =  1  link 
1*35  Scots  links   =1  Scots  foot 


1  "001616  imp.  inches. 
8-89435 


3T^  Scots  feet 
6  ells 
4  falls 
10  chains 
8  furlong's 


-1  ell 
=  1  fall 
=  1  chain 
=  1  furlong 
=  1  mile 


Imperial  Lineal  Measure. 
7*92   imp.  inches 


120194 
-  37-0598 
=  222-3588 
=  889-4352 
=  U894-352 
=  71154-816 
or  1976-522 


1-515 

3 

°2 

4 
10 

8 


links 
feet 
yards 
poles 
chains 
furlongs  =  1 


=  1 
=  1 
=  1 
=  1 
=  1 
=  1 


imp 


imp.  yds. 


link. 

foot. 

yard. 

pole. 

chain. 

furlong. 

mile,  or  1760  yards. 


III. — Measures  oe  Weight 

(1)  Scots  Troyes  or  Dutch  Weight  raised  from  the  Standard  Lanark  Stone. 
16  drops   =1  ounce  =      475*56    imp.  troy  grains. 

16  ounces  =1  lb.  =    7608-95         „  „ 

16  lbs.       =1  Lanark  stone  =121743-195        „  „ 


1  The  following  measures  are  taken  from  the  tables,  etc.  published  in  1827 
by  the  authority  of  the  Magistrates  and  Justices  of  the  City  and  County  of 
Edinburgh. 


422    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


(2)  Imperial  Troy  Weight. 

24  grains  =1  pennyweight  =24  imp.  Troy  grains. 

20  pennyweights  =  1  ounce  =480      „  „ 

12  ounces  =1  lb.  =5760 

(3)  Scots  Tron  Weight  raised  from  the  Edinburgh  Tron  Pound. 

16  drops    =1  ounce  =      601*417  imp.  Troy  grains. 
16  ounces  =1  lb.       =    9622-67  ,, 
16  lbs.      =1  stone  =  153962*72        „  „ 

(4)  Imperial  Avoirdupois  Weight. 

16  drams  =1  ounce  =    437"5  imp.  Troy  grains. 
16  ounces  =1  lb.       =  7000  „  „ 

14  lbs.       =1  stone  =98000  „ 
1  dale       ss  1  ton. 

1  Scots  Troy  pound  =1  lb.  1  oz.  6*3  dr.  imperial  avoirdupois. 

1  Edinburgh  Tron  pound  =  1  lb.  6  oz.  ,, 

Assuming  that  Lady  Grisell  in  her  Accounts  used  the  Edinburgh  Tron 
Weight,  it  is  necessary  in  order  to  compare  the  prices  then  and  now  to 
multiply  the  quantity  or  divide  the  price  by  |^  =  -1J-. 


IV. — Measures  of  Capacity 


(1)  Scots  Liquid  Measure. 

4  gills  =  1  mutchkin 

2  mutchkins  =  1  chopin 
2  chopins      =  1  pint 
8  pints         =  1  gallon 


26'0508  imp.  cubic  inches. 

52-1017 
104-2034  „ 
833-6272 


imp.  cubic  inches. 


(2)  Scots  Dry  Measure  for  Ba  rley  and  Oats. 

4  lippies  =lpeck  =      807 '576 

4  pecks  =1  firlot  =    3230*305  "  „  „ 

4firlots  =lboll  =  12921-222  „ 

16  bolls  =lchalder  =206739*546  „  „ 

A  forpet,  forpeiv,  or  fourtpert  =  according  to  Jameson  j  of  a  peck, 
or      of  a  firlot ;  according  to  Lady  Grisell  it  equalled  ^  of  a  firlot. 

6  firlots  =  A  Lothian  boll. 

1  boll  oats  =  10  stones  weight. 

2  bolls  oats  =  1  load         =20  stone  =  2^  cwt. 
A  chalder  =1  ton  =160  stones. 

1  cwt.  =8  stones. 

(3)  Imperial  Liquid  or  Dry  Measure. 


4  gill 
2  pints 
4  quarts 
2  gallons 
4  pecks 
8  bushels 


=  1  pint 
=  1  quart 
=  1  gallon 
=  1  peck 
=  1  bushel 
=  1  quarter 


34-659 
69-318 
277-274 
554-548 
2218-191 
17745-526 


imp.  cubic  inches. 


1  Scots  pint  =3  imperial  pints. 
1  Scots  peck  =  If  imperial  pecks. 


APPENDIX  IV 


423 


TABLES  OF  FOREIGN  MONEY 

Rotterdam,  Leyden,  Utrecht,  Gildermause I5uss(?),  and  Lumpt 

8  doits  or  duyten  =  l  stur  (stuyver?).        1  doit  or  duyt  =  £^d.  stg. 
20  stur  =1  guilder.  1  stur  =l110d.  stg. 

1  guilder        =  Is.  lOd.  stg. 


i  Maastricht 

6  doits  or  duyten  =  1  mark.  1  doit  or  duyt        =  *1  Id.  stg. 

10  marks  =  1  skillin  or  schelling.   1  mark  =  *68d.  ,, 

37  skillins  =a  guinea.  1  skilling  or  schelling  =  G"8d. 


Aix 

6  doits       =  1  mark. 
9  marks     =  1  skilling. 
8  skillings  =  1  crown. 


Chapelle 

1  doit      =  *12d.  stg. 
1  mark     =  *74d.  „ 
1  skilling  =  f>"75d. 
1  crown    =4s.  6d.  „ 


Spa 

4liers  =  l  sou.  1  lier       =  *17d.  stg. 

10  sous  =  1  skilling.  1  sou       =  '67d. 

1  skilling  =  6  "75d.  „ 


French  Money 

20  sous  =1  livre.  1  sou  =  "67d.  stg.  to  "7d.  stg. 

3  livres  =  1  ecu  blanc.         1  livre  =  from  Is.  ljd.  to  Is.  2d. 

6  livres  =  1  ecu  grand. 
24  livres  =  1  louis. 


Lorraine 

20  sous  =1  livre.  1  sou  ='39d.stg. 

32  livres  =  1  louisdor  =  a  guinea.  1  livre  =  7'8d.  „ 


Burgundy  and  Paris 

20  sous  =1  livre.  1  sou  =  *52d. 

24  livres  =  1  louisdor  =  l  guinea.         1  livre  =  10£d.  stg. 


424    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Turin 

20  sous    =1  livre.  1  sou     =  '65d.  stg. 

9J  livres  =1  sequin  =  26  carlins.  1  livre  =  ls.  lid.  stg. 
10  carlins  =  1  ducat.  1  carlin  =  4'8d. 

1  ducat  =  nearly  4s. 

1  sequin  =    „    10s.  5d. 


20  sous  =  1  livre. 
14  livres  =  1  sequin. 


MlLLAN 

1  sous    =  *4od.  stg. 
1  livre    =9d.  stg. 
1  sequin  =  10s.  5d. 


Plasentia,  Parma,  Reggio,  Modena,  Loreto,  Rome 

10biocks(baiocchi)  =  l  julio  or  paul(paolo).  1  biock  =  *62d.stg. 

10  julios  or  pauls  =  1  Roman  crown  or  scudo.  1  julio  or  paul  =  6jd. 

20  julios  or  pauls  =  2  crowns  =  1  sequin.  1  Roman  crown  =  5s.2^d.  „ 

3juliosor  pauls  =  1  testoon.  1  sequin  =10s.5d.  ,, 


Bologna 

12   demis  =1  biock.  1  demi  =  *05d. 

20   biocks  =  l  livre  =  2  julios  or  pauls.  1  biock  =  '6d, 

10^  livres  =  1  sequin.  1  livre  =  Is. 


10  grains  =1  carlin. 

2  carlins  =  1  terri. 
10  carlins  =  1  ducat. 


Naples 

1  grain  =  '48d.  stg. 
1  carlin  =  4  "8d.  „ 
1  ducat  =  nearly  4s. 


Venice 


20  soldi  =  1  lira. 

21  liras  =1  Florentine  sequin. 

22  liras  =1  Venetian  sequin. 


1  soldo   =  '3d.  stg. 
1  lira      =  nearly  6d.  „ 
1  sequin  =  10s.  5d.  }J 


Frankfort 

60   karrentari  =  1  florin.  1  karrentari  =  *47d.  stg, 

4   florins  15  karrentari  =  1  hungar.  1  florin        =2s.  4d.  *2  „ 

7 \  florins  =  1  Spanish  pistole.    1  hungar      =10s.  „ 

1  Spanish  pistole  =  l7s.  7 '5  „ 


From  Liege  to  Calais 


20  ous  =  1  livre. 


1  sous  =  *55d.  stg. 
1  livre  =  lid.  „ 


APPENDIX  IV 


425 


Notes  as  to  Salaries  and  Wa(;es  in  1707  and  now 


Judges  . 

Church.1    (1)  Best  Charges  . 

(2)  Average  Stipend 


Education. 2 
Edinburgh  University. 


Principal    .  . 

Divinity     .  . 

Hebrew  .  . 

Church  History 

Public  Law 

Mathematics  . 

Greek    .    .  . 

Logic  and  Meta- 
physics . 

Natural  Philo- 
sophy . 

Moral  Philo- 
sophy .    .  . 

Humanity  .  . 

Librarian    .  . 


Tradesmen,3  etc. 
Masons 
Joiners  . 
Tailors 
Dykers 
Field  labourer 


Paid  by 
City. 

£  s.  d. 

Ill  2  2 

88  17  9 

50  0  0 

100  0  0 

150  0  0 

50  0  0 

22  4  5 


22  4 
22  4 


22  4  5 
24  9  5 
36  13  4 


Queen 
Anne's 
Grant. 
£    6'.  d 


35  14  3 

35  14  3 

35  14  3 

35  14  3 

35  14  3 

35  14  3 

35  14  3 


Class 
Fees. 

£    S.  d. 

30  "6  0 
no  fees. 
30   0  0 

30  0  0 
50   0  0 

50   0  0 

50    0  0 

50  0  0 
50  0  0 
20    0  0 


.  p.  day 
.  p.  day 
.  p.  day 

p.  rood  of  6  yds.  G  inch. 

.  p.  day  | 


1707.       1  Present  Time.  Increase. 

£    s.  d.1     £     s.  d.' 

500   0  0    3,600   0   0  7*2 

138  17  9|  1,000   0   0  7-2 

50   0  0      300   0   0  G 


111  2 
110  17 

85  14 


130   0  0 


150  0 
115  14 
107  18 


107  18  8 

107  18  8 

107  18  8 

110   3  8 

56  13  4 


1,600  0  0 

570  0  0 

800  0  0 

440  0  0 

600  0  0 

1,100  0  0 

1,100  0  0 

900  0  0 

1,100  0  0  l 

900  0  0  I 

1,100  0  0 

400  0  0 


1302   0    1  10,610   0  0 


0  10 

0  0  10 

0  0  8 

0  10 

0  0  5 


7  1 

7  6 

6  0 

6  0 

4  2 


1.  The  Church. — The  stipends  of  the  ministers  of  the  Edinburgh 
churches  were  raised  in  1694  to  2500  merks  Scots,  or  £138,  17s.  9|d. 
stg.  They  were  reduced  in  1708  to  2000  merks,  but.  were  raised  again 
to  the  old  figure  in  1712  for  three  of  their  number  {City  of  Edinburgh 
Records).  As  to  the  average  stipend  of  the  Ministers,  Mr.  Steel,  the 
minister  of  Sorn  in  Ayrshire,  speaking  in  1749,  stated  that  at  that  time 
it  did  not  exceed  £52.  This  figure  was  apparently  an  underestimate, 
for  it  appears  from  the  statistics  collected  by  the  Committee,  who 
reported  upon  the  stipends  to  the  General  Assembly  in  the  following 
year,  that  the  average  stipend  at  that  time  must  have  been  nearer  £65. 
As  there  must  have  been  some  increase  during  the  forty  years  that  had 
elapsed  since  the  Union,  it  cannot  be  far  wrong  to  take  £50  as  the 
average  stipend  in  1707-  In  regard  to  the  average  stipend  of  to-day, 
Mr.  Simpson,  minister  of  Bonhill,  estimates  it  for  landward  parishes 
at  about  £260.  Mr.  P.  C.  Robertson,  however,  the  Interim  Auditor  of 
the  Church  of  Scotland,  considers  that  if  the  city  churches,  with  their 
largely  augmented  stipends,  be  included,  the  average  is  nearer  £300. 


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2.  Education. — The  figures  entered  as  paid  by  the  city  are  taken 
from  the  City  Accounts  ;  the  figures  entered  as  paid  from  Queen  Anne's 
grant  are  taken  from  Sir  Alexander  Grant's  History  of  the  University ; 
the  figures  entered  as  derived  from  fees  in  the  classes  of  Greek,  Logic 
and  Metaphysics,  Natural  Philosophy,  Moral  Philosophy  and  Humanity, 
are  based  on  the  fact  that  when  the  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy 
in  1708  was  forbidden  to  charge  class  fees,  he  received  an  additional 
salary  of  £50  in  lieu  thereof.  It  is  therefore  probable  that  £50  also 
represents  the  value  of  the  fees  in  these  other  classes  which  formed  part 
of  the  same  course  of  study.  The  sums  entered  as  class  fees  for  Divinity, 
Church  History,  and  Mathematics  are  merely  estimates.  The  fees 
drawn  by  the  Librarian  were  for  issuing  diplomas,  and  the  figure  entered 
is  an  estimate  founded  on  the  number  of  graduates,  and  the  fees  he  was 
allowed  to  charge.  In  judging  of  the  salaries  of  the  Principal  and  of 
the  Professor  of  Divinity,  it  has  to  be  remembered  that  these  gentlemen 
also  held  as  ministers  city  charges,  which  brought  each  of  them  in  an 
additional  sum  of  £122,  4s.  5d.  Graham  in  his  Social  Life  of  Scotland 
states  that  the  salaries  of  Professors  in  .Scotland  during  the  first  quarter 
of  the  eighteenth  century  averaged  from  £25  to  £30,  exclusive  of  class 
fees.  As  will  be  seen  from  the  above  state,  the  salaries  of  the  regular 
professors  in  Edinburgh  averaged  considerably  more. 

It  is  more  difficult  to  ascertain  what  rise  has  taken  place  in  the 
remuneration  of  the  parish  e  Dominie.'  According  to  statute  he  was 
entitled  in  1707  to  a  salary  from  the  heritors  of  not  less  than  £5, 18s.  3d., 
and  not  more  than  £11,  2s.  6d.  In  a  Memorial  drawn  up  in  1782  for 
the  Parochial  School  Masters  in  Scotland,  it  is  stated  that  this  remunera- 
tion, 'though  not  great,  was  yet  well  suited  to  the  times,  the  funds, 
and  distinction  of  rank  at  the  period.  The  emoluments  of  their  office 
placed  them  above  day  labourers,  and  the  poorer  class  of  mechanics  and 
farmers  ;  nay,  raised  them  to  an  equality  with  the  more  opulent  farmers, 
respectable  tradesmen  and  citizens ;  among  whom  their  employment, 
their  manners,  and  prospects  in  life  procured  them  a  degree  of  respect 
very  advantageous  to  their  profession.'  Still  in  spite  of  this  opinion, 
and  of  our  knowledge  that  they  enjoyed  in  addition  certain  perquisites, 
their  pay  seems  to  have  been  relatively  poor.  On  the  other  hand  an 
examination  of  the  fees  paid  by  Lady  Grisell  for  the  education  of  her 
daughters  as  shown  in  Appendix  m.,  would  indicate  that  private  tuition 
was  relatively  well  paid,  and  taken  all  over,  it  may  be  assumed  that  the 
increase  in  their  professional  incomes  lies  between  six  and  ten. 

3.  Tradesmen,  etc. — In  comparing  the  wages  paid  to  tradesmen  then 
and  now,  it  is  necessary  to  bear  in  mind  that  whereas  they  worked  at 
least  10  hours  a  day  in  1707,  they  only  work  at  most  9  hours  nowadays. 
This  has  been  taken  into  account  in  the  foregoing  state.  The  amounts 
entered  as  presently  paid  are  based  on  the  wage  per  hour  paid  to  the 
tradesman,  not  the  sum  per  hour  charged  by  his  master  against  the 
customer. 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  the  foregoing  state  no  notice  lias  been 
taken  of  the  earnings  of  Solicitors,  Doctors,  and  Surgeons,  nor  of  the 
pay  of  the  Army.  In  regard  to  the  first  three  of  these,  it  has  been 
found  impossible  to  arrive  at  any  true  method  of  comparison,  the  work 
performed  by  them  then  and  now  being  so  different.  The  few  items 
capable  of  comparison,  such  as  drawing  bonds  for  money,  bleeding, 
syringing  the  ears,  etc.,  indicate  that  a  man  in  the  position  of  George 
Bail  lie  would  have  had  to  pay  eight  times  more  now  than  he  did  then. 


APPENDIX  IV 


427 


(Syringing  the  ears,  5s.  then,  £2,  2s.  now ;  bleeding,  9s.  8d.  then, 
£4,  4s.  now.) 

As  to  the  pay  of  the  army,  it  was  relatively  so  high  that  it  stands 
alone,  and  must  be  judged  by  itself.  The  generous  treatment  meted 
out  to  soldiers  does  not  appear  to  have  arisen  from  any  attempt  to  place 
the  Scottish  army  on  the  same  footing  as  the  English  army,  alongside  of 
which  it  was  called  upon  to  fight,  for  we  find  the  same  high  rate  of  pay 
ruling  in  Scotland  during  the  reigns  of  Charles  n.  and  James  vn.  before 
the  beginning  of  the  great  Continental  war.  It  arose  more  probably 
from  the  desire  to  ensure  the  loyalty  of  the  army,  and  it  no  doubt 
accounts  for  the  fact  that  so  many  gentlemen  were  to  be  found  serving 
as  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates,  and  that  desertion  was  at  that 
time  practically  unknown.  The  following  state,  for  which  the  editor 
is  indebted  to  Mr.  Andrew  Ross,  Ross  Herald,  shows  how  small  has  been 
the  increase  in  the  pay  of  the  army  during  the  last  two  hundred  years, 
and  indicates  that  in  spite  of  its  pay  being  occasionally  a  year  or  two  in 
arrears,  the  army  was  either  largely  overpaid  then,  or  miserably  under- 
paid now.  In  looking  at  the  figures  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that 
colonels,  lieutenant-colonels,  and  majors  had  companies,  and  drew 
captain's  pay  in  addition  to  their  pay  as  field  officers. 


Colonel. 

Lt.-Colonel. 

Major. 

Captain. 

Lieutenant. 

Ensign. 

Sergeant. 

j  Corporal. 

Drummer. 

Private. 

Foot  Guards. 

Per  diem. 

s.  d. 

d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

I. 

1677 

12  0 

7  0 

5  0 

8  0 

4  0 

3  0 

1  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  6 

2. 

1702 

12  0 

7  ° 

5  ° 

8  0 

4  0 

3  0 

1  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  7 

3- 

1707  (England) 

20  0 

12  0 

8  0 

14  0 

7  0 

5  0 

■  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  10 

fJ3o7| 

f  6    6  1 

4- 

1911 

18  0 

(i6°oJ 

11  7 

\    to  - 
I  7   6  J 

5  3 

2  6 

1  9 

1  2 

Marching;  Regiments.    Per  diem. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

5,  d. 

5.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

s.  d. 

1685  . 

12  0 

7  ° 

5  0 

8  0 

4  0 

3  0 

1  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  5 

2. 

1702 

12  0 

7  0 

5  0 

8  0 

4  0 

3  ° 

1  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  6 

3- 

1707  (England) 

12  0 

7  0 

5  0 

8  0 

4  0 

3  0 

1  6 

1  0 

1  0 

0  8 

4- 

,9„    .  . 

18  0 

18  0 

0-3 

11  7 

f  6  61 

5  3 

2  4 

1  8 

1  1 

1  0 

Note.— There  was  no  line  regiment  on  the  1677  Establishment,  and  the  pay  of  the  Foot 
Guards  was  the  same  in  1685  as  in  1677. 


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AP  PE 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII 

House 

keeping 

Year. 

Accounts 
(Food, 
drink, 
firing,  light- 
ing, wash- 
ing, and  all 

Sundry 
Disburse- 
ments, 
including 
taxes,  feu- 
duties,  etc. 

Servants' 
Wages. 

Servants' 
Clothes. 

Clothes  for 
Family. 

Furniture 

and 
Furnish- 
ings. 

Expenses  of 
Horses, 
etc. 

Docto 

and  11 
Surgeo  | 

expenses 

in 

connection 

therewith.) 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s.  d. 

£ 

s. 

£  s. 

d. 

£ 

S.m 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

f    j   i  1] 
XJ  1] 

1693,  1694,  ) 
and  1695  j 

*75 

0 

0 

257 

9  4 

7  29 

17 

2 

80 

1  ^ 

109 

62 

0 

0 

52   3  1  I 

Average  for  \ 
these  years  / 

58 

6 

8 

85 

16  5 

9 

19 

1 

29 

l8 

4 

36 

8 

2 

20 

13 

4 

J7    7  >  1 

,  .1 

1696 
I1697 

79 

15 

0 

46 

5  0 

16 

0 

0 

5° 

13 

2 

50 

1 

4 

8 

15 

8 

1  91 

149 

3 

0 

70 

9  8 

14 

9 

4 

31  11 

8 

48 

15 

10 

31 

9 

6 

109b 

78 

8 

8 

19  4 

4 

10 

0 

27 

15 

6 

I 

15 

3 

' '    ,  1 

21699 

165 

8 

2 

246 

15  8 

29 

2 

0 

29 

18 

2 

19 

17 

9 

7   0   •.  1 

1700 

242 

10 

4 

3  234 

15  6 

21 

18 

0 

9  0 

0 

14 

12 

2 

10 

1 

8 

2318   t  j 

1701 

250 

13 

7 

82 

17  10 

*9 

1 1 

2 

13  5 

5 

44 

9 

3 

42 

4 

9 

41 

2 

1 

7    6   (  1 

1702 

235 

5 

5 

59 

3  8 

18 

0 

4 

16  8 

10 

60 

15 

2 

66 

14 

8 

3° 

19 

0 

5    6  A 

1703 

237 

14 

3 

104 

1  7 

19 

3 

6 

10  5 

3 

65 

1 

8 

67 

5 

0 

27 

16 

0 

21  12  u 

1704 

212 

7 

6 

103 

4  2 

15 

8 

7 

5  8 

6 

49 

7 

2 

90 

10 

42 

0 

0 

2   9  c.  \ 

1705 

214 

0 

4 

1 10 

4  9 

29 

8 

0 

11  14 

1 

53 

15 

5 

71 

7 

3 

50 

3 

9 

3    4  Ci 
672 

1706 

213 

10 

4 

81 

9  6 

24 

8 

3 

8  10 

0 

86 

5 

5 

68 

11 

8 

45 

7 

9 

1707 

197 

10 

0 

101 

1  1 

45 

5 

6 

4  3 

7 

97 

12 

5 

57 

18 

33 

7 

6 

52    0  5 

9 1708 

78 

5  i° 

164 

2  3 

29 

3 

6 

17  3 

10 

37 

18 

3 

18 

10 

1 

37 

13 

0 

1709 

178 

13 

6 

123 

6  5 

10  58 

6 

0 

6  3 

10 

20 

18 

7 

63 

3 

11 

45 

17 

2 

17  19  9 

1710 

3i8 

3 

1 

196 

9  2 

54 

4 

7 

16  1 

3i5 

1 

9 

15 

0 

0 

5i 

10 

4 

11  16  9 

1711 

231 

6 

9 

248 

11  11 

41 

6 

7 

6  2 

I 

63 

0 

9 

35 

0 

3 

73 

10 

1 1 

I  ID. 

1712 

206 

9 

9 

173 

16  7 

51 

4 

6 

13  0 

74 

13 

8 

36 

0 

4 

34 

4 

4 

49O 

121713 

133 

10 

2 

144 

18  9 

23 

16 

10 

1  11 

1 

57 

15 

3 

30 

2 

3 

61 

15 

6 

3  14  6 

1^1714 

256 

13 

7 

184 

10  8 

43 

13 

7 

1  19 

0 

40 

17 

5 

66 

8 

7 

54 

8 

4 

7  10  7 

1715 

441 

4  10 

183 

10  6 

48 

16 

2 

28  16 

2 

346 

15 

4 

559 

0 

4 

l4i?9 

9 

2 

2  14  0 
15  17  6 

1716 

5°5 

3 

3 

189 

5  n 

40 

12 

8 

8  15 

4 

35i 

15 

8 

10 

15 

T  I 

82 

5 

6 

1717 

539 

8 

3 

'5  706 

7  7 

96 

6 

7 

23  9 

11 

702 

15 

10 

20 

18 

O 

77 

15 

0 

7  19  9 

1718 

618 

T9 

0 

237 

14  8 

18 

18 

2 

34  8 

'  7 

175i3 

9 

8 

62 

5 

7 

83 

4 

0 

17  13  0 

Average  for^ 

years  1693 

to  1714  in- 

clusive, 
being  years 

175 

0 

0 

18I2I 

0  0 

^35 

0  0 

62 

0 

0 

44 

0 

0 

35 

0 

0 

12  00 

family  resi- 

dentin  Scot- 

land j 

1  Old  Mrs.  Baillie  died  this  year,  and  the  Baillies  flitted  to  a  house  belonging  to  Bailie  Hamilton. 

2  Lady  Grisell  has  an  entry  to  the  effect  that  her  book  'was  not  rectified,  and  it  was  to  great  truble  to 
writt  them  all  out.'    This  probably  accounts  for  the  want  of  detail  in  that  and  the  two  preceding  years. 

This  figure  includes  the  family  clothes,  but  no  details  are  given  to  enable  a  separation  to  be  made. 

4  Flits  to  Lord  Colinton's  house,  probably  in  Foulis  Close. 

•>  Expenses  of  going  to  London  on  1st  April,  staying  there  and  returning  by  15th  May. 
,;  Includes  Bonds  for  borrowed  money. 

7  This  and  the  two  entries  immediately  below  include  servants'  clothing. 

8  This  should  be  ,£160,  13s.,  but  Lady  Grisell  enters  it  as  shown  here. 

:'  LadyiGrisell  and  her  husband  seem  to  have  been  in  London  for  several  months  at  the  beginning  of  the  year. 

10  Includes  a  payment  of  ,£27,  15s.  6d.  to  Miss  Menzies,  'over  and  above  her  fie  for  her  care  of  the  bairens 

when  they  had  the  fever.' 


APPENDIX  V 


429 


JIX  V 


IX. 

i    ■  Business 
Charges. 

X. 
Rent. 

XI. 

Estate 
Expenses. 
Building 

and 
repairing 
mansion 
houses, 
tenants' 
houses, 
dykes,  etc. 

XII. 

Pocket 
Money. 

XIII. 

Expenses  in 
connection 
with 
political 
journeys  to 
London. 

Total. 

Probable 
Income. 

Y  EAR. 

£ 

d. 

£  s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

5. 

£  s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£  s. 

d. 

l    1093,  1094, 

81 

7 

10 

50  0 

0 

54 

10 

4 

329  7 

10 

1290 

15 

10 

\    and  1695 

J  Average  for 

27 

2 

7 

16  13 

4 

18 

3 

5 

109  15 

43° 

5 

3 

550  0 

0 

1   these  years 

8 

9 

8 

16  13 

4 

46 

7 

8 

26 

16 

8 

84  0 

0 

450 

6 

8 

Do. 

1696 

■20 

7 

38  6 

0 

6 

18 

4 

20 

8 

43i 

T2 

Do. 

1097 

13 

6 

4 

38  17 

7 

5 

1 

4 

4 

183 

TO 

650  0 

0 

1090 

38  6 

20 

16 

6 

557 

4 

6 

Do. 

1699 

43°  11 

6 

8 

598 

13 

11 

Do. 

1700 

1 

T3 

0 

33  6 

8 

70 

19 

8 

14 

3 

0 

618 

12 

5 

Do. 

1701 

13 

6 

6 

30  10 

0 

28 

4 

596  1 

4 

661 

2 

7 

Do. 

33  6 

8 

13 

12 

8 

22 

12 

0 

622 

0 

Do. 

1703 

16 

10 

1 

33  6 

8 

181 

0 

9 

10 

8 

761 

19 

0 

Do. 

1704 

«3i 

8 

33  6 

8 

5i 

10 

0 

40 

9 

0 

700 

4 

11 

Do. 

1705 

«o 

4 

10 

33  6 

8 

31 

6 

9 

26 

0 

0 

625 

8 

4 

Do, 

1706 

fin 

10 

9 

33  6 

8 

36 

5 

9 

17 

4 

S133  19 

2 

814 

3 

Do. 

1707 

6 

0 

33  6 

8 

149 

13 

1 

6 

1 

7 

574 

8 

0 

1350  0 

0 

1708 

2i 

0 

130 

13 

S 

15 

0 

0 

684 
H1061 

7 

11 

Do. 

1709 

17 

3 

66 

19 

3 

7 

r7 

0 

0 

3 

1770  0 

O 

1710 

1 

4 

71 

5 

0 

5 

0 

6 

777 

8 

Do. 

1711 

I  5 

16 

9 

117 

11 

:o 

14 

14 

9 

732 

6 

Do. 

1712 

4 

0 

0 

47 

0 

0 

12 

0 

5*9 

16 

10 

Do. 

1713 

1  5 

4 

68 

IS 

3 

15 

0 

733 

16 

Do. 

1714 

6 

13 98  "0 

0 

17 

17 

0 

15 

8 

[O 

1872 

18 

10 

Do. 

1715 

0 

3 

0 

45  0 

0 

2 

*4 

0 

39 

5 

O 

1291 

J4 

2 

Do. 

1716 

5 

7. 

6 

45  0 

0 

135 

4 

6 

38 

9 

4 

I62399 

2 

5 

Do. 

1717 

1  ° 

5 

0 

45  0 

0 

7 

4 

0 

55 

17 

0 

1717 

3 

8 

2830  0 

0 

1718 

12 

0 

0 

30  0 

0 

60 

0 

0 

15 

0 

0 

29  0 

0 

630 

0 

0 

11  This  is  the  year  their  daughter  Grisell  was  married  to  Mr.  Murray,  and  the  expenses  directly  attributable 
to  this  event  amount  to  nearly  ^280. 

12  In  the  autumn  the  family  go  to  London. 

13  Furnished  lodgings  at  ^14  p.  month. 

U  This  includes  £45  paid  to  a  carriage  builder  '  to  account,'  and  was  no  doubt  part  of  the  price  of  a  new 
carriage.    Two  horses  and  a  coachman  are  hired  at  £2$  a  quarter. 
15  This  includes  three  years'  cess,  etc.,  for  Scottish  Estates. 

Ifi  This  year  their  daughter  Rachel  is  married  to  Lord  Binning,  and  the  expenses  directly  attributable  to 
this  amount  to  about  ^300,  besides  the  expenses  of  the  journey  to  and  from  Edinburgh,  where  the  marriage 
took  place. 

17  This  includes  £113,  3s.  6d.  for  '  My  Rachels  cloaths  to  her  child.' 

IS  This  sum  includes  Cess  and  Poll  Tax  and  Poor  money,  averaging  about  £36  p.  ann. 


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Ala  mode,  a  silk  material,  a  la  mode, 
in  the  seventeenth  century. 

Antoylage,  entoilag-e,  linen  or  other 
material  to  which  lace  is  sewed. 

Armogeen,  a  stout  silk  almost  invari- 
ably black. 

Attles,  a  silk  stuff  wrought  with 
threads  of  gold  and  silver  imported 
from  India. 

Bast,  matting  made  of  the  inner  bark 

of  the  lime. 
Batthel  or  bathel,  beadle. 
Bear,  barley. 

Bongrace,  a  sort  of  front  standing 
erect  round  the  face  attached  to  the 
hood. 

Bragad,  brocade. 

Buffing,  huffines  {?),  a  kind  of  coarse 

material. 
Bufft,  covered  with  buffines. 
Bustin,  bustian  (?),  same  as  fustian, 

a  coarse  twilled  cotton  cloth. 
Busum,  besom,  broom. 

Calamanka,  calimanco,  a  woollen 
material  made  plain  and  glazed  in 
finishing. 

Camlet,  camblet,  a  cloth  made  of 
wool,  silk,  or  hair,  or  all  three. 

Capillaire.    See  note,  p.  321. 

Chutches,  cuches,  donkeys. 

Clogbag,  saddle  bag. 

Cods,  pillows. 

Cod  wars,  pillowslips. 

Cog,  pail. 

Cruk,  crook,  an  iron  hook  suspended 


in  kitchen  chimney  on  which  pots 
were  hung. 

Dail,  a  load,  a  ton. 

Dails,  wooden  boards. 

Damaty,   dimity,  a  fine    sort  of 

fustian. 
Dicks,  dykes,  stone  walls. 
Divits,  divots,  turfs  cut  into  squares. 
Dornick,  dornock,  chequered  table 

linen. 

Drogat,  drugget,  a  sort  of  woollen 
stuff. 

Fairins,  a  gift  of  money  for  spending 
at  a  fair  or  a  gift  bought  at  a  fair. 
Furd,  made  of  fur. 

Galown,  galloon,  a  hard  braid  of 

silk  or  wool  used  for  edging. 
Gass  or  gaz,  gauze. 

Hagabag,  coarse  table  linen. 
Harden,   a   common  linen   or  the 

coarsest  quality  of  hemp  or  fiax. 
Hatted  kit,  a  preparation  of  milk, 

etc.,  with  a  creamy  top.    See  note, 

p.  290. 

Jacolit,  chocolate. 

Jumps,  jimps,  a  kind  of  easy  stays 
open  in  front,  worn  by  nurses. 

Kains,  canes. 

Kevelmell,  a  heavy  mell  or  hammer. 
Lame,  earthenware. 


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Lutestring,  lustring,  a  bright  silk 
much  used,  said  to  have  been  intro- 
duced into  this  country  by  the 
French  refugees  after  the  Revoca- 
tion of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685. 

Manto,  manteau. 
Maskarad,  masquerade. 
Milsy,  a  milk  strainer. 
Mohair,  cloth  made  of  mohair;  the 
fine  silken  hair  of  the  Angora  goat. 

Panscratch,   the   thick  scale  that 

forms  on  the  bottom  of  a  salt  pan. 
Pertian,  persian,  a  thin  plain  silk, 

much  used  for  linings. 
Pice,  piece,  a  hogshead. 
Pillabers,  pillowberes,  pillowslips. 
Pittipan,  pettypan,  a  white  iron  mold 

used  for  pastry. 
Podisoy,  paduasoy,  a  strong  silk, 

usually  black. 
Pother,  pewter. 

Queches,  quaich,  a  small  and  shallow 
drinking  cup. 

Rimin  dish,  perhaps  the  rimmer  or 
vat  in  which  curd  is  set  to  harden 
for  cheese. 

Salmagundy,  salmagunde,  a  dish 
of  minced  meat  with  eggs,  anchovies, 
vinegar,  pepper,  etc. 

Scout,  schuit,  a  public  boat  drawn  by 
horse  through  the  canals. 


Sesnet,  sarcenet. 
Shad,  flat. 

Shagreen,  a  sort  of  baize. 
Sheneal,  chenille,  striped  taffata. 
Shill,  shovel. 
Skep,  basket  hive. 
Snakes,  snecks,  fastenings. 
Sods,  a  sort  of  saddle  used  by  the 
poorer  classes  made  of  cloth  stuffed. 
Stenting,  stretching. 
Stinging,  thatching. 
Stoup,  flagon. 

Strakins,  linen  cloth  made  of  coarse 
flax. 

Tabie,  tabby,  a  kind  of  silk  watered 
or  waved. 

Tafita,    taffeta,    a    sort    of  thick 

silk. 
Thack,  thatch. 
Thicking,  thatching. 
Tolliduse,  taille-douce.     See  note, 

p.  39. 

Tourdelie,  tour  de  lit,  the  valance  of 

a  bed, 
Tows,  ropes. 

Trivet,  a  movable   iron  frame  for 

supporting  kettles,  etc. 
Tusk,  a  fish  as  big  as  a  ling,  much 

esteemed  for  its  delicacy. 

Wort  shill,  a  shovel  for  wort  for 
brewing. 

Yettin,  cast-iron. 
Yrone,  iron. 


INDEX 


Abernethy,  Dr.,  18,  19,  22,  23. 
 George,  53. 

Aikman,  Francis,  of  Brambleton  and 

Ross,  36  n. 
 William,  portrait  painter,  xxvii 

and  n,  55. 
Ainsly,  James,  203. 
Aislaby,  Mr.,  xxii  n. 
Aiton,  taken  prisoner  at  Preston,  51 

and  n. 
Aix-la-Chapelle,  404. 
Ale,  415. 

Allen,  Mr. ,  British  consul  at  Naples,  392. 
Amsterdam,  386. 
Anchovies,  lix. 

Anderson's  meeting-house,  37. 

 pills,  35- 

 Robert,  footman,  158. 

Andrews,  Eliza,  430. 

Annandale,  William  Johnstone,  lirst 

marquis  of,  288  and  n. 
Arbuthnott,  Dr.  John,  43  and  n. 
Archery  in  Holland,  387  «. 
Army  pay,  427. 
Augsburg,  402. 

Baillie,  Archibald,  son  of  George 

Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  xi. 
 Archibald,  son  of  Robert  Baillie 

of  Jerviswood,  xv,  lxxiv,  261,  264, 

265. 

 Christian,  xi. 

 Elizabeth,   daughter  of  Robert 

Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  and  wife  of 
Robert  Weems  of  Graingemuir,  xv, 
xxxvii,  45  n,  430. 

 George,  first  of  Jerviswood,  and 

merchant  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  x, 
xxx,  430. 

 George,  son  of  Robert  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xii,  xv;  present  at  the 
execution  of  his  father,  xiii ;  his  life 
influenced  by  his  father's  fate,  xiii- 
xiv  ;  escapes  to  Holland  and  his 
estates  forfeited,  xvi ;  in  the  service 
of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  xvii  ;  re- 
turns to  Scotland  and  is  made  re- 
ceiver-general, xviii ;  his  marriage, 

2 


xviii ;  his  political  position,  xix  ;  a 
member  of  the  first  Union  parliament, 
xx  ;  a  lord  of  the  treasury,  xxii, 
xxxix ;  his  retiral,  xxiii,  lxvii  ;  a 
lover  of  books,  xxv  ;  an  encourager 
of  the  fine  arts,  xxvi ;  his  love  of 
music,  xlviii,  Ixxviii ;  valuation  of 
his  lands,  Ixxviii ;  his  social  qualities, 
xxiv  ;  his  death,  xxiii,  xxvii. 

Baillie,  George,  of  Manorhall,  xi,  430. 

 lady  Grisell,  her  parentage,  xii  ; 

sent  on  a  mission  to  Robert  Baillie, 
prisoner  in  Edinburgh  Tolbooth,  xii ; 
accompanies  her  father  in  his  flight 
to  Holland,  xvi  ;  her  marriage,  xviii ; 
her  daughters'  marriages,  xxvii-xxix  ; 
her  business  capacity,  xxx-xxxv  ; 
house  rents,  xxxvii,  40,  45,  48,  54, 
59,  140,  141,  146,  149,  153,  158,  162, 
33i-334>  337,  340  ;  travelling  ex- 
penses, xxxviii-xlv  ;  education  and 
amusements,  xlv-li,  Ixxviii ;  house- 
hold expenditure,  xxxi-xxxvi,  lvii- 
lx  ;  estate  management,  Ix-lxiv,  236- 
255  ;  stable  expenditure,  225-236 ; 
furniture  and  furnishings,  lxiv-lxv, 
164-188;  lawyers'  and  doctors' fees, 
lxvi ;  expenses  of  a  foreign  tour,  309- 
383  ;  horses  and  carriages,  lxviii-lxxi ; 
clothing,  lxxi-lxxii ;  general  remarks 
on  the  accounts,  lxxv-lxxix.  See 
also  under  Servants. 

 Grisell,  daughter  of  George  Baillie 

of  Jerviswood,  and  wife  of  sir  Alex- 
ander Murray  of  Stanhope,  xxvii- 
xxviii,  xliv,  xlviii,  7,  10,  12-15,  24> 
25  and  n,  86-89  passim ;  her 
marriage  expenses,  203-205,  429  n  ; 
her  Memoirs,  xiii,  xxii,  1,  Ixxviii. 

 Grisell,  grand-daughter  of  George 

Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  xxvii. 

 Helen,  daughter  of  Robert  Baillie 

of  Jerviswood,  and  wife  of  John  Hay, 
xv,  xxxvii. 

 Helen,  grand-daughter  of  George 

Baillie  of  Jerviswood,  xxvii. 

 James,  merchant  burgess  of  Edin- 
burgh, x. 


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Baillie,  James,  captain  of  the  City  Guard 

of  Edinburgh,  xi,  I  and  «,  2. 
 James,  son  of  Robert  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xv,  55,  265,  266. 

 John,  of  Walston,  3  and  45. 

 John,  son  of  George  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xi. 
 John,  son  of  Robert  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xv,  49,  59,  264,  266. 
 John,  chirurgeon,  21,  22,  32,  90, 

255,  256. 

 Rachel,  wife  of  (1)  rev.  Andrew 

Gray  ;  and  (2)  of  rev.  George 
Hutcheson,  xi,  430. 

 Rachel,  daughter  of  Robert  Baillie 

of  Jerviswood,  and  wife  of  Patrick 
Dundas  of  Breistmilne,  xv,  lxxiv. 

— —  Rachel,  daughter  of  George  Baillie 
of  Jerviswood,  and  wife  of  Charles, 
lord  Binning,  xxvii,  xxix,  xl,  xlix, 
8,  14,  17,  32  passim  ;  her  marriage, 
115;  cost  of  her  trousseau,  lxxiii, 
213,  429  n;  her  life  illustrated  by 
entries  in  the  account  books,  xlv- 
xlvii. 

 Robert,  of  Jerviswood,  the  story 

of  his  rescue  of  the  rev.  James 
Kirkton,  xi,  269 ;  arrested  for  high 
treason  and  confined  in  the  Tower, 
xii ;  carried  prisoner  to  Scotland, 
xii ;  his  execution,  xiii-xiv  and  n, 
xv ;  his  family,  xv  ;  notice  of,  269- 
272. 

 Robert,  son  of  George  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xxvii,  191  and  n,  265, 
266. 

■  Robert,  of  Manorhall,  1  and  n. 

  William,  son  of  Robert  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood,  xv. 

 Mr.,  banker  in  Rotterdam,  386. 

Baillies  of  Jerviswood,  ix. 

 of  Lamington,  x. 

  of  St.  John's  Kirk,  ix. 

 genealogical  tree,  430, 

Baird,  Alex.,  114. 

 sir  William,  288. 

Baldwin,  Mr.,  coachmaker,  33. 
Ballinton,  James,  67. 
Balsamic  syrup,  98. 
Barr,  John,  92. 
Bassa,  Laura,  392. 

Baths  or  bagnios,  lxviiand  n,  3,  7>  J8, 

37,  38,  45,  109. 
Bayley,  Mr.,  xxii  n. 
Beaver-skin  stockings,  xlv,  lxxii. 
Bell,  Andrew,  bookseller  in  London, 

xxv,  39. 

  Ann,  145. 

 Charles,  100. 

  Fanny,  housekeeper,  150. 


Bell,  Thomas,  12,  154. 
Bellingham,  Charles,  23  n. 

 Jeanie,  38  and  n. 

 lady  Julian,  38  and  n,  52. 

Bells,  lxv. 

Bempole,  Charlotte  Vanhose,  wife  of 
William,  marquis  of  Annandale, 
288  n. 

Bernachi,  signor,  xlix,  43,  52-54,  391. 
Betson,  John,  butcher,  104,  106,  no, 
in. 

Bewhauen,  Archibald,  261. 
Bible  pawned,  266. 

'  Bills  of  Fair,'  lix  ;  extracts  from,  281- 
.304- 

Binning,  Charles,  lord,  xxix  and  n, 
109,  430 ;  his  marriage,  xl  j  dies  at 
Naples,  xliii. 

 George,  lord,  430. 

Bisset,  Duncan,  lv. 

Black,  Gilbert,  104. 

 Marth,  12. 

Blacking,  lx. 

Blackwood,  sir  Robert,  8i,  188,  190. 

Blainsly,  224. 

Blakie,  James,  19,  244. 

Bleeding,  lxvi,  7,  16,  18,  23,  37,  38, 

45,  255,  364,  366,  369,  427. 
Blyth,  Alexander,  155. 

 John,  shoemaker,  200. 

Boe,  John,  17. 
Boge,  Jean,  126. 
Bologna,  391. 
Book-keeping,  29. 
Books,  52, 

Boscawen,  Mr.,  xxii  n. 
Boughtrige,  23. 
Bowling-green,  lxii. 
Boyd,  James,  40. 
Brady,  James,  26. 
Bran,  66. 

Brandy,  69,  73,  74,  7<5,  415- 
Breastmiln.    See  Dundas,  Patrick. 
Broom  besoms,  94. 
Broughton,  25  and  n. 
Brown,  Mr.,  British  consul  in  Venice, 
398. 

 Hew,  5. 

 Jean,  120. 

 John,  117. 

  Margrat,  cook,  133,  139. 

 Neil,  consul  in  Padua,  346. 

 Peter,  22,  29,  119. 

  sir  Robert,  346,  373, 

  Susan,  117,  118. 

 Thomas,  baker,  101. 

 Will,  38. 

Brownlies,  Alisone,  133,  140. 

 Andrew,  17-19. 

 Isabell,  133. 


INDEX 


435 


Brownlies,  Mungo,  9,  12,  78. 

 Will.,  4,  146. 

Bruce,  Alison,  296  n. 

 lady  Anne,  xxvii. 

Brumigham,  Francis,  122. 
Brunfield,  Alison,  145,  149. 

 Grace,  at  Greenlaw,  71. 

Burke  (Burck),  captain,  13. 
Burnet,  Gilbert,  bishop  of  Salisbury, 
xviii,  283  and  n. 

 William,  77. 

Bute,  lady,  35  and  n. 

Cairncross,  George,  mason,  lxiii. 

Calais,  409. 

Calder,  22  and  n,  27. 

—  Elizabeth,  fourth  wife  of  Hugh 

Rose  of  Kilravock,  36  and  n. 
Cambray,  406. 
Campbell,  sir  George,  270. 
— —  sir  Hugh,  270,  271. 
 Margaret,  countess  of  Marchmont, 

300  71. 

Candibrod  sugar,  61,  69. 
Candles,  71,  72,  76,  79,  97,  102,  ill, 
411. 

Cannel,  James,  coachman,  122,  126. 
Canongate,  bagnio,  3  ;  fire  in,  6. 
Capel,  lady  Anne,  294  n. 
Capons,  60. 

Cards,  losses  at,  1,  31,  37-40,  45,  47- 

50,  52-54,  107,  282. 
Carestini,  Giovanni,  336. 
Carlisle,  Charles  Howard,  third  earl 

of,  294  and  n. 
Carnegy,  lady  Christian,  282  n. 
Carolina     Wilhelmina,     princess  of 

Wales,  293  and  n. 
Carr,  Andrew,  264,  267. 

  Margrate,  127. 

Carrin,  James,  liii  «,  8,  116,  120,  125, 

128. 

Carss,  Will,  92. 

Carter,  George,  servant,  liv,  lxiii,  280. 
Carts,  lxxi. 

Castles,  Ann,  cook,  liv. 

Castruchi,  xlviii. 

Cattle,  plague  among,  34  n. 

 prices  of,  416. 

Cavendish,  lady  Arabella,  287  n. 
Cavers,  1 1  and  n. 

Cess,  1,  2,  4-6,  42,  58,  60,  223,  224, 
429  n. 

Champagne,  103,  107,  415. 

Chandos,  James  Brydges,  first  duke  of, 

296  and  11. 
Channelkirk  (Ginelkirk),  25  and  n. 
Chato,  Thomas,  in  Kelso,  72. 
Cheese,  64,  78,  84,  86,  113,  412. 
Cheyne  (Shien),  Dr.,  31. 


Chiese,    Philip   de,    inventor   of  the 

Berline  carriage,  lxix  and  n. 
Chiesly  (Cheasly),  Jean,  195. 

 sir  Robert,  65. 

  William,  of  Cockburn,  218  and 

n,  219,  220. 
Chocolate  (jocolet),  lviii,  95,  106,  322, 

347,  412. 
Christy,  Agnes,  126. 
 Nany,  cook,  117,  119,  120,  123, 

130. 

 Patrick,  221. 

Churchill,  lady  Anne,  287  n. 
Churchyard  charges,  5. 
Cinnamon,  74,  81,  412. 

  water,  98,  no,  412. 

Claret,  69,  109,  415. 
Clark,  Bessie,  135. 

 George,  2,  3. 

 John,  137,  147. 

Clog  bags,  xxxviii,  Ixviii  and  n, 
230. 

Clothing,  lxxi,  188-218. 
Cloves,  69,  74,  81,  97. 
Cluther,  Gawin,  122. 
Coach  wheels,  39. 

Coal,  61,  63,  64,  72,  77,  85,  95,  97-98, 

417  and  n. 
Cockburn,  Adam,  of  Ormiston,  259  n. 

 sir  James,  of  Ryslaw,  24. 

 Thomas,  141. 

Cocks  combs  (cox  colms)  in  the  '  Bill  of 

Fair,'  289,  303. 
Cod,  lx. 
Coffee,  lviii. 

Coinage  of  Holland,  France,  Italy,  etc. 
388  ;  relative  value  of  money,  lxxvi ; 
table  of  Scots  and  English  money, 
421  ;  tables  of  foreign  money,  423. 

Colecot,  John,  35,  44. 

Cologne,  403-405. 

Coltcrooks,  19,  243. 

Corbett,  Sandy,  117. 

Corks,  84,  85,  412. 

Cot  houses,  lxiii-lxiv,  13. 

Coumsly  hill,  224,  225,  239. 

Couston,  lady,  85. 

Cow  tax,  34  and  n  ;  price  of  cows,  67, 

89,  90. 
Craw,  John,  28. 
Croo,  captain,  xii. 

Crumbin,  Mr.,  teacher  of  music,  12, 
16. 

Cuningham,  Alexander,  writer,  223. 

 Jean,  128. 

  sir  John,  270. 

Currants,  ill. 

Cuthbert  or  Cuthbertson,  John,  369, 

370,  375,  383. 
Cuzzoni,  signor,  xlix  and  n. 


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Dalrymple,  lady  Margaret.  See 

Loudoun,  lady. 
 Sarah,  257  n. 

Dancing,  xlvii-xlviii,  Ixxviii,  7,  10,  14, 

33,  53,  420. 
Darien  Company,  xix. 
Davidson  (Divison)  George,  footman, 

162. 

Deans,  George,  gardener,  liv. 
Deas,  James,  236. 
Debentures,  58  and  n. 
Dentistry,  lxvii,  24,  35,  46,  53,  54. 
Denun,  David,  saddler,  226. 
Derham,  sir  Thomas,  328. 
Dice,  52. 

Dick,  Munga,  240,  242,  243. 

 Rob,  223. 

Dickson,  Jean,  cook,  161. 

 Patrick,  53. 

 William,  tailor,  139,  203. 

Dippo,  Isabell,  20. 
Doctors'  fees.    See  Medical  fees. 
Doddington,  George  Bubb,  299  and  n. 
Dods,  Andrew,  18. 

 George,  servant,  liii  and  n,  liv, 

131,  136. 
Door  bells,  lxv. 
Douglas,  James,  109. 
 Jean,  wife  of  sir  John  Kennedy  of 

Culzean,  33  n. 
Drink  expenditure,  lvii. 

 money,  lv,  7,  13,  14  passim. 

Drummond,  George,  33,  264. 

 James,  1,  6. 

Ducks,  85. 

Dunbar,  Mr.,  teacher  of  French,  32-34, 
36. 

Duncan,  James,  27. 

Dundas,  Dr.  Alexander,  16,  18. 

 Betty,  54,  56. 

 George,  of  that  ilk,  296  and  n. 

 Grisell,  56. 

 Patrick,  of  Breastmiln,  xv,  261 

and  n,  266,  267,  430. 

 Rachel,  Ixxiv,  33,  43,  213. 

 Robert,  advocate,  296  and  11. 

Dunglass,  xl  and  n. 

 laird  of.    See  Hall,  sir  John. 

Dupplin,  15  and  n. 

 lady,  39  and  n. 

Dykes,  lxiii  and  n. 

Earl's  meeting-house,  40. 

Earle,  general,  285  and  n. 

Earlston,  xxiii ;    repairs  of  the  kirk, 

lxiv,   19  ;  valuation  of  subjects  in, 

Ixxviii. 
Edgar,  George,  124-126. 
Edinburgh,   great   fire   in  1645,    x  \ 

house  rents  and  lodgings,  xxxvii. 


Edmonston,  Andrew,  of  Ednem,  x. 

Education,  xlv-xlvii,  420. 

Eliot,  sir  Gilbert,  of  Minto,  lxvi,  24, 

221  and  /z,  222,  296  and  n. 

 sir  Gilbert,  of  Stobs,  29  n. 

Essex,  lady,  345. 

Estate  management,  lx,  236-255. 

Expresses  from  and  to  Edinburgh,  17, 

23- 

Faa,  Ann,  18,  117,  260. 

Fairholm,  John,  of  Craigiehall,  288  tu 

 Sophia,  288 

Fairings,  27,  28. 
Faladam,  90  and  n,  95. 
Farellton,  Dorathie,  260. 
Fenton,  Thomas,  89. 
Finch,  lady  Mary,  284  n. 
Finla,  Margrat,  144. 
Fir  seed,  lxii. 

Fire  in  Edinburgh  in  1645,  x  5  nre  m 

Lawnmarket,  10. 
Firs,  59. 

Fleming  (Flimin),  Margaret,  117. 

Flint,  John,  232. 

Florence,  394. 

Foot-mantles,  224  and  n. 

Forbes,  Charles,  318. 

Forman,  John,  258. 

Forrist,  Ann,  118,  120. 

Forsith,  Jean,  housemaid,  151,  158. 

Forster,  lord,  289. 

Foulerton,    Robert,   of   the  Custom 

House  in  Leith,  xliv  n, 
Foulis,  Hary,  27. 

  sir  James,  of  Colinton,  xxxvii, 

13  and  n. 
Frankfort,  402. 

Frazer,  Ann,  chambermaid,  156. 

 •  John,  20,  133. 

Frogs  in  the  '  Bill  of  Fair,'  302. 
Fuel,  prices  of,  417. 
Funeral  expenses,  267. 
Furniture  and  furnishings,  lxiv. 

Garner,  Hellin,  ii,  123,  127. 
Gascoigne,  Anne,  430. 
George  I.,  accession  of,  xxii. 
Geese,  92. 
Gelding,  232. 

Gibson,  Dr.,  22,  23,  28,  56  and  11. 

 Bartholomew,  65,  229. 

Gifford,  John,  31. 

Gilroy,   Dorothy,  kitchenmaid,  145, 
149. 

Glass  churn,  lxv. 

 windows,  3,  5,  32,  35. 

Glen,  Jean,  140. 
Goldbeater's  leaf,  32. 
Gooseberries,  92. 


INDEX 


437 


Gordon,  the  duke  of,  obtains  the 
forfeited  estate  of  Robert  Baillie  of 
Jerviswood,  xvi. 

■  James,  agent  of  the  Linen  Manu- 
factory, i. 

 John,   banker    in  Rotterdam, 

xliv  n. 

Gowdy,  Mr.,  21. 

Grange  Muir,  18  and  n. 

 laird  of.    See  Weems,  Robert. 

Grant  of  ward,  219  and  n. 

Granville,  John,  earl,  295  n. 

Gray,  Andrew,  minister  of  Glasgow, 
xi. 

■  James,  65. 

Grazing,  73,  80,  89. 
Greenknowe.    See  Pringle. 
Grieve,  James,  113,  152,  157,  159. 
Griffeth,  Ann,  cook,  161. 
Grumball,  or  Grumble,  Arthur,  baker, 

104,  no,  114. 
Gunpowder,  28. 
Guns  and  bayonets,  28. 
Guthery,  Alex.,  writer,  41. 


Haddington,  Charles,  eighth  earl 

of,  43°- 

 George,  tenth  earl,  430. 

 George,  eleventh  earl,  430. 

 Thomas,  sixth  earl,  300  and  n, 

43°- 

 Thomas,  seventh  earl,  xxix,  384, 

430- 

 Thomas,  ninth  earl,  430. 

Haliburton  of  Pitcur,  24. 

Halifax,  George  Montagu,  first  earl  of, 

298  and  n. 
Hall,  Lattes,  cook,  156. 
Halliwall,  Dorothy,  49. 

 Will.,  137. 

Hamilton,  Alexander,  219  n. 

 Archibald,  103. 

  Charles,  son  of  Charles,  lord 

Binning,  xxix. 
  George,  son    of   Charles,  lord 

Binning,  succeeds  to  Jerviswood  and 

Mellerstain,  xxix,  xxx. 
 Grisell,  daughter  of  Charles,  lord 

Binning,  xxix,  xliv. 
•  Helen,  daughter  of  Charles,  lord 

Binning,  xxix,  xliv. 

 James,  fifth  duke  of,  295  and  n. 

 Jean,  36  and  n,  42. 

 John,  son  of  Charles,  lord  Bin- 
ning, xxix. 

1  lady  Margaret,  207. 

 Mary,  52. 

 Rachel,  daughter  of  Charles,  lord 

Binning,  xxix. 


Hamilton,  Thomas.   See  Haddington, 
earl  of 

 >  William,  duke  of,  270. 

Hardy,  Barbry,  148. 

 Margaret,  liv. 

Harla,  John,  17,  129,  133. 

Hartrigge,  29  n. 

Hay,  Charles,  baxter,  89. 

 lady  Jean,  286  n, 

  John,     writer    in  Edinburgh, 

430. 

 Robert,  46. 

 lady  Susan,  37, 

Heart,  Katharine,  laundrymaid,  xxxix, 

29,  151,  160. 
Hempsteed,  Marion,  102. 
Hens,  60. 
Heraldic  arms,  41. 
Herdmanston,  256  n. 
Herring,  lix,  72,  76,  77,  85,  412. 
Hervey,  lady,  302  and  n,  353,  376. 
Hervie,  Tho.,  49. 
Hewie,  Thomas,  157. 
Hilton.    See  Johnston,  Joseph. 
Hirsel,  the  seat  of  the  earl  of  Home, 

22  and  n,  84. 
Histinns  (?  Hastings),  sergeant  of  the 

King's  Foot  Guard,  xii. 
Hoburn,  Roger,  4. 

Holland,  directions  for  travelling  in, 
386. 

Holt,  Mary,  430. 

Hope,  Helen,  wife  of  Thomas,  earl  of 

Haddington,  430. 
 John,  gardener,   lxii,   88,  137, 

141. 

 Robert,  19. 

 Tarn,  244. 

 col.,  300. 

Hopetoun,  John,  earl  of,  430. 
Hops,  75,  84. 

Horses  and  carriages,  expenditure  on, 

xl,  lxviii-lxxi,  8,  II. 
Horse-shoeing,  19,  64. 
Household  expenses,  xxxi-xxxvi,  lvii- 

lx. 

 furniture,  lxiv-lxv,  164-188. 

House-rents,  xxxvii,  40,  45,  48,  54,  59, 

33  *-334» 
Howard,  lady  Mary,  300  11. 
Hull,  William,  footman,  liv. 
Hume  of  Wedderburn,  xiv,  40  and 

 Alexander,  second  earl  of  March- 

mont,  300  and  n. 

 Alex,  of  Whitehouse,  49  and  n. 

 Andrew,  lord  Kimmerghame,  4, 

27  and  n. 

 Ann,  wife  of  sir  John  Hall  of 

Dunglass,  27  n. 


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Hume,  Anne,  wife  of  sir  William  Purves 

of  Purveshall,  36  and  n. 

 David,  collector  of  the  cess,  4. 

 sir  George,  65. 

 George,  of  Graden,  261  11. 

 George,  of  Kimmerghame,  xxxviii 

n. 

 George,  of  Whitefield,  50  n. 

 ■  Grisell,  wife  of  George  Baillie  of 

Jerviswood.       See     Baillie,  lady 

Grisell. 

 Grisell,  daughter  of  lord  Polwarth, 

36  and  n. 

 ■  James,  of  Aiton,  xiv. 

 Jean,  wife  of  James,  lord  Tor- 

phichen,  23  «,  188  and  n. 

 John,  carter,  280. 

 John,  gardener,  lxxv,  153,  162. 

 John,  tailor,  121,  122. 

 Julian,  wife  of  Newton  of  that  ilk, 

23  and  n. 

 Julian,  sister  of  lady  Grisell,  23 

and  n. 

■         sir  Patrick,  aftw.  earl  of  March- 

mont,  xii,  406;  escapes  to  Holland, 
xv  ;  his  estates  forfeited,  xvi;  returns 
to  Scotland,  xvii ;  created  lord 
Polwarth,  xviii. 

 Patrick,  son  of  sir  Patrick,  xvii 

and  n. 

 ■  Robert,  93. 

 ■  Sophia,  27  n. 

 ■  Mrs.,  of  Bogend,  9. 

— —  Mrs.,  of  Whitefield,  xiv. 

Hungary  water,  68,  97,  381. 

Plunter,  Dorathy,  162. 

 James,  224,  233. 

 ■  John,  2,  5. 

 Patrick,  stabler,  41,  65,68,  71, 

73- 

Hutcheson,  George,  minister  in  Edin- 
burgh, xi  and  n. 
Hutchison,  Adam,  83,  84. 
Hyndford,  lady,  291  and  n. 

Indigo,  73. 

Inglis,  Margrat,  123. 

  Patrick,  42  and  n. 

 Thomas,  dean  of  guild  of  Edin- 
burgh, x. 
Ink,  lx. 

Innes,  John,  120,  121. 

Inns  of  France  and  Germany,  384  ;  of 

Holland,  386. 
Innspruck,  401. 

Jackson,  Ambrose,  ioi,  104. 

 Mr.,  British  consul  in  Genoa,  390. 

Jaillot,  Bernard  Antoine,  map-maker, 
xxv  and  n. 


Japanning,  257  and  n. 

Jedburgh,  lord.    See  Kerr,  William. 

Jenkins,  sir  Lyon,  xii. 

Jerviswood,  xv,  xxx,  lx,  8,  60  ;  pur> 

chased  by  George  Baillie,  x,  430  ; 

valuation,  lxxviii ;  feu-duty,  10. 
Johnston,  Archibald,  lord  Wariston, 

xi,  xviii,  269  and  n. 

 Effie,  10  and  n. 

 Helen,  wife  of  George  Hume  of 

Graden,  261  n. 
 Isabell,  117. 

 James,  merchant  burgess  of  Edin- 
burgh, x. 

 James,  secretary  of  state  for  Scot- 
land, xviii,  xix,  xxxv,  lxix,  3,  286 
and  n,  300. 

 Joseph,  of  Hilton,  27  and  11. 

 Lucy,  53. 

 Margaret,  wife  of  George  Baillie 

of  Jerviswood,  x,  430. 
 Martha,  45. 

 Rachel,  daughter  of  lord  Waris- 
ton and  wife  of  Robert  Baillie  of 
Jerviswood,  269  and  n ;  note  on  the 
imprisonment  of  her  husband,  xii. 

 Will,  bookseller,  5. 

Kennedy  (Kenady),  lady,  33  and  n. 

 Andrew,  33  and  n. 

 Anne,  wife  of  John  Blair  yr.  of 

Dunskey,  33  n. 

 Anne,  32  and  n. 

 Katharin,     chambermaid,  151, 

160. 

Kerr  of  Littledean  Tower,  24  and  n. 

 Andrew,  writer,  55. 

 John,  of  Kersland,  17  and  11. 

 William,  lord  Jedburgh,  257  n 

Kilpatrick,  James,  29,  53,  144. 
Kilravock  (Kilraick),  lady,  36  and  n. 
Kimmerghame,  27  and  11. 
Kirk,  Janit,  cook,  132. 
Kirkton,  Dr.  George,  7,  11,  31,  255, 
256,  257. 

 James,  minister  of  the  Tolbooth, 

Edinburgh,  xi  and  ;z,  270. 

 captain,  R.N.,  31  and  11,  42. 

Knaghten,  Mr.,  banker  in  Rotterdam, 

386. 

Krenberg,  or  Kramberg,  or  Cremberg, 
teacher  of  singing,  10-12,  14. 

La  Bushier,  M.,  surgeon,  57. 
Laidlay,  Thomas,  224,  236. 
Lamb,  Alexander,  candlemaker,  95. 

 Andrew,  10,  13,  17,  20,  25,  62, 

63,  87,  129,  137,  147. 

  Isabell,  124. 

 Jean,  29. 


INDEX 


439 


Lamb,  Margrat,  129. 
 William,  lxiii. 

Langshaw,  lxiv,  27,  41,   58,  222-224 

and  ;z,  236. 
Lasell,  Katharin,  160. 
Law,  John,  financier,  buried  in  Venice, 

398  and  n. 
Lawnmarket  fire  in  1701,  10. 
Leadhowse.    See  Liedhouse. 
Lechmere,  Mr.,  xxii  n. 
Lecturers'  tax,  44  and  n,  51. 
Legal  fees,  lxvi,  219-223,  426. 
Leishman,  William,  xv. 
Lemons,  80,  83,  413. 
Lesley,  15  and  n. 
 Tarn,  57. 

Letchmere,  lady  Elizabeth,  300  and  n. 
Liedhouse,  James,  137,  247. 

 Thomas,  9,  64. 

Liege,  404. 

Lies,  Sara,  chambermaid,  156. 
Lindsay,  Nans,  135. 
Linen  manufactory,  I  and  n,  3,  4,  6. 
Littledean  Tower.    See  Kerr. 
Liviston,  William,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 

2  and  11. 
Loaf  sugar,  86. 
Lockhart,  lady,  lxxvi  n,  53. 

 sir  George,  270. 

 sir  William,  of  Lee,  269. 

Longformacus,  29  and  n. 
Lottery  tickets,  44,  361,  362. 
Loudoun,  Hugh,  third  earl  of,  39  «,  40. 

 lady,  39  and  n. 

Louth,  lady,  382. 
Lutestring,  42,  209-212. 

Macclesfield,    George,    earl  of, 
430. 

Mace,  74,  81,  413. 
M'Gie,  Mr.,  21,  29. 
M'Intosh,  Mary,  128. 
Mackenzie,   sir   Alexander,  of  Coul, 
196  n. 

 Coll,  36. 

  Pegie,  20. 

 sir  Roderick,  of  Prestonhall,  24  11. 

Magill,  Alex.,  1. 

Magnoni,   Mr.,   banker  in  Bologna, 
391. 

Main,  John,  86. 
Mair,  John,  77. 
Malbank,  Judith,  122. 
Malcolm  (Makcom),  David,  117. 
Malt,  68,  74. 

Man,  Horatio,  349,  350,  365. 
Manderson,  Robert,  26,  87,  142. 
Mar,  lady,  39  and  »,  48. 
Marble  brought  from  Naples,  xliv  and 
»,  365. 


I  Marchmont,  earls  of.    See  Hume. 
Marjoribanks,  James,  67. 
Markham,  Georgina,  430. 
Marriage  customs,  xlv  and  n. 
Marshall,  Adam,  10,  27. 
 Mary,  118. 

Martin,  Mr.,  portrait  painter,  xliv,  271. 
Massie,  James,  schoolmaster  at  Mel- 

lerstain,  3,  9,  11,  14-20,  32. 
Mathy,  George,  136. 
Meal,  65,  85. 
Mean,  Alex.,  247,  248. 
 Robert,  246. 

Medical  fees,  lxvi,  11,  12,  15,  16,  18, 
19,  21-23,  28>  3h  32,  43,  56>  255 
257,  374,  427. 

Medina,  sir  John,  xxvi  and  n,  24. 

Mellerstain,  xxiii,  xxx,  lix,  lxi-lxiii, 
2,  8,  10,  13,  21,  26,  59,  304,  305  ; 
purchased  by  George  Baillie,  mer- 
chant burgess  of  Edinburgh,  x,  430  ; 
teinds,  222  ;  cess,  223  ;  valuation, 
lxxviii. 

Melvill,  William,  merchant,  219. 

Menzies  (Minzies),  James,  35. 

 May,  xlvi,  lii,  lxxiv,    lxxv,  15, 

16,  25,  33,  35,  54,  131,   135,  139, 

150,  155,  217,  280. 

 Patrick,  xiii. 

 William,  of  Raw,  xlvi. 

Mercer  (Marsser),  Will,  225. 
Midcalf,  George,  159. 
Milan,  391. 

Mill,  Henry,  54,  108,  109. 

 Margaret,  132,  135,  140. 

 Will,  31. 

Miller,  James,  glazier,  20,  244. 

 James,  tailor,  130. 

 William,  gardener,  231. 

Mineral  waters,  lxvii. 

Ministers'  stipends,  425. 

Minto,  lord.    See  Elliot,  sir  Gilbert. 

Mirrors,  lxv. 

Mitchell,  James  48. 

 Mally,  382. 

 William,  76,  87. 

Money.    See  Coinage. 
Monro,  Grisie,  18. 
 John,  74. 

Montagu,  lady  Mary  Wortley,  xxiii  n, 

xxviii,  xlv  »,  lxxii  »,  281  n,  290 

and  n,  299  n,  300  n,  302. 
Montgomerie,  Hugh,  68. 
Montrose,  Dick,  38. 
 James,  first  duke  of,  52,  282  and 

«,  284,  285,  289. 

 duchess  of,  31,  39,  282  and  n. 

Morton,  Robert,  22. 

Mosman,  George,  bookseller  in  the 

Luckenbooths,  xxv,  3,  4,  11. 


440   HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Mountjoy,  Thomas,  lord,  297  and  n. 
Mowit,  John,  249. 
Muckle,  John,  138,  228. 
Mudie,  John,   in   Threepwood,  223, 
224. 

Mugwart  water,  68,  413. 
Muir,  sir  Archibald,  220  and  n. 

 Mary,  70,  132. 

Munich,  401. 

Munro,  Katharin,  chambermaid,  130. 

Murduck,  John,  261. 

Murray,  sir  Alexander,  of  Stanhope, 

xxvii-xxviii,  430. 
 Alexander,  W.S.,   keeper  of  a 

bagnio  in  the  Cowgate,  lxvii  n. 

 lady.    See  Baillie,  Grisell. 

 sir  David,  of  Stanhope,  25  n. 

Music  and  musical  instruments,  xlviii- 

xlix,  16,  361,  366. 

Namur  Castle,  319. 
Naples,  392. 
Navell,  Betty,  135. 
 May,  139. 

Newton,  Francis,  lxx,  20,  25,  37,  1 18, 
201. 

 George,  26,  89,  93,  94. 

 Pate,  blacksmith,  19,  228,  229, 

233>  236. 

 Richard,  of  that  ilk,  23  and  tu 

Nicolson  (Nickelson),  David,  117. 

 Will,  224,  225. 

Nightgowns,  xiii,  lxxi-lxxii  and  n. 
Nutmegs,  61,  69,  80,  97,  106,  413. 

Ogle,  Betty,  laundrymaid,  liv. 
Onslow,  Arthur,  300  and  n. 

 sir  Richard,  xxii  n. 

Opera  tickets,  xlix,  42,  43,  49,  52,  53, 

323,  332,  372,  379. 
Orange  flower  water,  80. 
Oranges,  75,  80,  83,  413. 
Orford,  Edward  Russel,  earl  of,  283 

and  n. 

 Robert  Walpole,  earl  of,  299  and 

n. 

Orkney,  George  Hamilton,  earl  of,  281 

and  n. 
Ormand,  Nelly,  1 58. 
Ormiston,  Charles,  79,  95. 

•  James,  lxiv,  13,  133. 

Owin,  Adam,  118. 
Oysters,  lx. 

Padua,  399. 

Pallie,  Henry  de,  butler,  liv. 
Paris,  directions  for  travellers,  407. 
Park,  James,  footman,  162. 
 Munga,  79. 

Paterson  (Petterson),  sir  William,  xiii. 


Paton,   William,    in    the  Tolbooth, 
266. 

Pawnbroking,  4,  266,  267. 

Peas,  83  and  «,  88,  96. 

Peat,  73,  76,  86. 

Phillips,  Ann,  cook,  161. 

Pierrepont,  Frances,  wife  of  the  earl  of 

Mar,  39  «. 
Pigeons,  76. 

Pipe  and  drum,  19,  25,  27,  28,  60. 
Piquebourg  (Pickburg),  countess  of,  47 

and  n. 
Pistols,  2,  318. 

Pitcairn,  Archibald,  16  and  it,  18. 
Plumer,  Gavin,  259  and  n. 

  Mary,  27. 

Polwarth,  12  and  n. 
Poor  tax,  47,  48,  57. 
Portsmouth,  John  Wallop,  first  earl  of, 

292  and  11. 
Potatoes,  lx. 
Poultry,  prices  of,  416. 
Poulett,  Catherine,  wife  of  Secretary 

Johnston,  286  n. 
Pratolino,  396. 
Preston,  Thomas,  67. 
Prestonhall,   lord.      See  Mackenzie, 

Roderick. 

Prices  of  articles  between  1693  an(^ 

1718,  410. 
Primrose,  Eleanor,  viscountess,  292  «. 
Pringle,  Mrs.,  of  Greenknow,  63. 

 Alexander,  223. 

 Gilbert,  95. 

 James,  surgeon,  28. 

 sir  John,  of  Stitchell,  his  house 

plundered  by  the  rebels,  xiv. 

 Lewis,  77,  204. 

 Mary,  430. 

 Robert,  xl  and  n,  30. 

Prognostication,  27. 

Queensferry,  15. 

Raith,  Alexander,  lord,  258. 
Ramsay,  Isabell,  133. 
Redbraes  (Ridbreas),  xii,  xviii,  23  and 
«>  93- 

Redhall,  219,  221,  222. 
Rees's  bagnio  in  the  Canongate,  lxvii, 
3- 

Riccarton,  15  and  n. 

Rice,  70,  82. 

Rickelton,  Isabella,  151. 

Riding  of  the  parliament,  124  and  n, 

224  n. 
Ridpath,  Dina,  10,  123. 

 George,  5  and  n. 

 Jean,  140. 

Ritchy,  Margrat,  131. 


INDEX 


441 


Robertson  (Robison),  Bella,  under- 
cook, 151. 

 David,  vintner,  1. 

 Grisell,  31,  125,  127. 

 Janet,  123. 

 Katharin,  125. 

 Margrat,  130. 

 Thomas,  of  Rokeby  Park,  300  n. 

 Tam,  20. 

 William,  in  Eyemouth,  90,  92, 

247. 

Robinson,  Anastasia,  xlix. 

Robsone,  Samuel,  in   Brigend,  251, 

253.  254- 

 Samuel,  in  Kelso,  59. 

Rolland,  Erasmus,  341. 

 Winifred,  157. 

Rome,  392. 

Room  (Rume),  Mrs.,  xxxviii,  21,  25, 

Rots,  Margrat,  chambermaid,  129, 
130. 

Rothes,  John  Leslie,  eighth  earl  of,  285 

and  n,  295. 
Rotterdam,  xli,  309,  386. 
Roxburgh,  Jchn,  first  duke  of,  49,  53, 

284  and  n. 

 duchess  of,  284  n. 

Rule,  Marion,  128. 

Russel,  John,  of  Bradshaw,  W.S., 
keeper  of  a  bagnio  in  the  Cowgate, 
lxvii. 

Rutherd,  Margaret,  liv. 
Rutherford  ferry,  22  and  n,  28. 

Saddlery,  lxviii. 

St.  Andrews  college,  12. 

St.  Clair,  Mrs.,  39,  40. 

 Dr.  Matthew,  11,  12,  15,  55, 

256  and  n. 
St.  Giles  tolbooth,  xxiii. 
St.  Leonards,  lands  of,  42. 
Salaries  and  wages,  liii-lvi,  lxxvii,  425. 
Salmon,  61. 
Salt,  93. 

Salting,  Katherine  Augusta  Millicent, 
430. 

Saltonshall,  Ricarda,  Posthume,  298  n. 
Sandoni,  signor,  xlix  and  n,  391. 
Sanderson,  John,  188. 
Scarsburg  water,  71,  93. 
Scavengers'  tax,  47,  53. 
Schoolmaster's  salary,  225. 
Scot,  John,  32. 

 ■  William,  coachbuilder,  lxx  n. 

Scugald,  John,  painter,  xxvi  and  11,  6, 
7,  43,  47- 

Seaforth,  the  earl  of,  succeeds  to  the 
forfeited  estate  of  sir  Patrick  Hume, 
xvi. 


Selkirk,  Charles,  earl  of,  295  and  n. 
Semple,  Sara,  117. 

Senesino,  Francesco  Bernardi  detto, 

394  and  n. 
Servants,  li-lvi ;  clothes,  lv,  124,  130- 

131,  137-140,  143,  149,  155,  *59, 
163  ;  instructions  to  servants,  273  ; 
diet,  277-278  and  n  ;  directions  for 
the  housekeeper,  278 ;  wages,  liv, 
117-120,  122-123,  125-137,  139-140, 
144,  160,  418  and  11. 

Sharp,  Peggie,  under-cook,  152. 

Shaw,  sir  John,  of  Greenock,  257 
and  n. 

Sheep,  64,  73,  88,  89,  416. 
Shirra,  John,  248. 
Shrewsbury,  duchess  of,  293  and  n. 
Sim,  George,  56. 
Simmerall,  John,  34,  39-42. 
Simson,  Will,  12. 
Sinkolum,  music  teacher,  14. 
Sinclair,  Mary,  117. 

 sir  Robert,  29  n. 

Singing  fees,  420. 

Smith,  Agnes,  in  Kelso,  *]\ 

 John,  3. 

 Mr.,  wine  merchant  in  Boulogne, 

410. 

Snuff,    lx,   104,   no,  414;   used  by 

ladies,  lxxii. 
  handkerchiefs,    209,   21 1,  350, 

353,  363,  364. 

 mills,  52. 

Soap,  72,  74,  414. 

Somervill,  Nicoll,  219. 

'  Souns  and  gullits,'  xxxix  and  n. 

Spaw  water,  25,  78,  99-102,  105. 

Spence,  Robert,  264. 

Spencer,    Anne,    aftw.    duchess  of 

Hamilton,  295  11. 
Spinet  tuning,  42,  48,  52- 
Spirit  lamps,  lviii. 

Squadrone  volante,  xix,  xxxv,  284  n. 

Stable  expenditure,  225-236. 

Stage-coaches,  xxxix  and  n,  xl ;  stage- 
coach from  Edinburgh  to  London, 
29. 

Stair,  John  Dalrymple,  second  earl  of, 

292  and  n,  300. 
Stanhope,  earl  of,  xxii. 
Steall,  John,  teacher  of  singing,  15, 

16,  25. 
Stewart,  Gilbert,  92,  107. 

 Helen,  of  Allanbank,  296  n. 

 sir  James,  king's  advocate,  220 

and  n. 

  col.  John,  killed  in  an  election 

brawl,  29  11. 

 John,  34,  40,  43. 

Stewartfield,  29  and  n. 


442    HOUSE-BOOK  OF  LADY  GRISELL  BAILLIE 


Stitchell.    See  Pringle,  sir  John. 
Stockton  drops,  107. 
Strafford,  lady,  40  and  n. 
Strangeways,  Elizabeth,  295  n. 
Sugar,  74,  75,  109,  in,  414. 
Sunderland,  Charles   Spencer,  third 

earl  of,  287  and  n. 
Surgeons'  fees,  Ixvi. 
Sutherland,  John   Gordon,  sixteenth 

earl  of,  291  and  n. 
Swan,  Marie,  cook,  156. 
Swine,  61,  64,  68,  74,  416. 
Swords,  4,  5,  9,  196, 

Tailoring,  125,  150,  155,  203. 
Tarras,  lord,  270,  272. 
Taylor,  George,  121, 

 Robert,  coachman,  liv. 

Tea,  xlv,  lviii,  82,  93,  95,  97,  101, 

102,    105,    106,    109,    317,  347, 

415- 

Thames  frozen  in  1715-16,  185  and  11. 
Threepwood,  223-225. 
Thrift,  Sara,  housemaid,  156. 
Tobacco,  lx,  70,  72,  415. 
Tonyn,  Pierre  Daniel,  at  the  Hague, 
386. 

Torphichen,    James,    seventh  lord, 
23  n. 

Tradesmen's  wages,  419  and  n. 
Travellers'  directions,  386-410. 
Treaty  of  Union,  xx-xxi. 
Trees,  lxii,  31,  32,  254,  255. 
Trent,  400. 
Trotter,  Dr.,  21. 

 Will,  schoolmaster  at  Mellerstain, 

3- 

Trumble,    George,    barnman,  127, 
129. 

Turkeys,  87,  90. 

Turnbull,  captain,  60  and  n. 

 Ann,  housekeeper,  liv. 

 Grisell,  53. 

Turin,  391. 

Turner,  Thomas,  224,  239. 
Tweeddale,  John  Hay,  fourth  marquess 

of,  295  and  n. 
Tyninghame,  55  and  n, 

Urwin,  Adam,  221. 
Utrecht,  xvi,  xli,  405. 

Valenciennes,  406. 
Vass,  3. 

Veitch,  William,  covenanting  minister, 

221  n. 
Venice,  397-398. 
Verona,  399. 

Vetch,    Will.,   minister  at  Peebles, 
2. 


Vicenza,  399. 

Villiers,  Mrs.,  281  and  n;  described 
by  Lady  Mary  Wortley  Montagu, 
281  n. 

Vinegar,  75,  415. 

Vint,  John,  shoemaker,  56. 

Virginals,  22,  26. 

Vizicater  plasters,  15. 

Vorie,  Christian,  wife  of  George  Baillie 
of  Jerviswood,  x  and  n. 

 John,  in  Balbaird,  x. 

Wabster,  Margrat,  cook,  142. 
Wages  of  tradesmen,  etc.    See  Salaries 

and  Wages. 
Wait  or    Wayte,  Grisell,    136,  279, 

280. 

Walker,  John,  27,  30. 

 Nans,  29. 

Wall  paper,  lxv. 

Wallop,  John.  See  Portsmouth,  earl 
of. 

Walpole,  sir  Robert.  See  Orford,  earl 
of. 

Walston.    See  Baillie,  John. 
War  render,  Helen  Catherine,  430. 
Wash  balls,  114. 

Washing,  99,  105,  133,  163,  355-359- 
Watch  pawned,  267. 
Water  tax,  42,  47,  58. 
Watson,  James,  tailor,  143. 
Wauchope,    John,    of  Edmonstone, 

63  n. 
Waugh,  John,  77. 

Wedderburn,    James,    merchant  in 

Amsterdam,  386. 
Weems,  David,  29,  45  and  n,  46. 
 Robert,  of  Graingemuir,  xv,  45  n, 

430. 

Weights  and  measures,  421  and  n. 
West,  John,  45  and  n. 
Westfauns,  lxxviii. 

White  (Whett),  major,  escorts  Robert 
Baillie  of  Jerviswood  to  the  Tolbooth, 
xiii. 

Wight,  John,  4,  10,  13,  64. 
 Rob,  142. 

Wigs,  lxxii,  206,  207,  215,  261,  367, 
37p,  377- 

Williams,  Helen,  housemaid,  lii,  156. 
Willis,  Sam,  114. 
Wilson  of  Steapond,  225. 

 John,  240. 

Window  tax,  43,  51,  60,  no. 
Windsor,    Thomas,    viscount.  See 

Mountjoy. 
Wines, 416.  See  also  under  Champagne, 

Claret,  etc. 
Winter,  Jamie,  carpenter,  xvi. 
Wirsely,  Benjamin,  219. 


INDEX 


443 


Wood,  Alexander,  carrier,  23,  67,  71, 
79- 

 John,  solicitor,  lxvi. 

Wray,  Cycell,  207,  210. 
Wright,  John,  baker,  101. 

Youll,  Andrew,  postillion,  liv. 
 Davie,  64. 


Youll,  Helen,  dairymaid,  liv. 

  Henry,  71,74. 

 Tarn,  coachman,  xxxix,  Hi,  liii 

and  n,  liv,  15,  17,  29,  68,  132,  133, 
136,  146  and  n,  148  and  w,  154,  162, 
280. 

Young,  Robert,  clerk  of  court,  6,  7,  11. 
Younger's  brewery,  415  and  n. 


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at  the  Edinburgh  University  Press 


REPORT  OF  THE  TWENTY-FOURTH 
ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
SCOTTISH   HISTORY  SOCIETY 


The  Twenty-fourth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  was 
held  in  DowelFs  Rooms,  Edinburgh,  on  the  26th  November 
1910,— Mr.  W.  B.  Blaikie  in  the  chair. 

The  Secretary  read  the  Report  of  the  Council  as 
follows  : — 

During  the  past  year  ten  members  have  died,  and  ten  have 
resigned  membership. 

Dr.  John  Dowden,  Bishop  of  Edinburgh,  Chairman  of 
Council,  was  so  intimately  associated  with  the  daily  work 
of  the  Society,  and  its  officials  and  other  workers  had  so 
learned  to  lean  on  his  help  and  encouragement,  that  his  death 
is  felt  as  the  greatest  of  the  great  losses  which  the  Society  has 
sustained  in  recent  years.  His  work  on  the  Lindores  and 
Inchaffray  volumes,  invaluable  as  it  is,  represents  only  a 
small  fraction  of  the  Society's  debt  to  him. 

After  filling  the  vacancies,  twenty-four  candidates  for  mem- 
bership remain  on  the  list. 

Except  Craig^s  De  U?iione,  announced  in  the  last  Report  as 
about  to  appear,  no  volume  has  been  issued  since  the  last 
General  Meeting.  Waristons  Diary  and  Miscellaneous  Nar- 
ratives relating  to  the  '45  will  it  is  hoped  be  sent  out  early 
in  1911,  and  the  other  volumes  promised  for  1909-1910,  viz. 
Lady  Grisell  Baillie^s  Household  Books^  and  Seajield  Corre- 
spondence, are  well  advanced  at  press. 

The  difficulties  which  have  so  seriously  delayed  the  issue  of 


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The  Scots  in  Poland  will,  it  is  now  hoped,  be  shortly  overcome, 
and  the  volume  issued  during  the  coming  year. 

For  1910-1911  it  is  intended  to  issue  two  of  the  three 
volumes  following  : — 

1.  The  Book  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Granitars  and  Chamber- 
lains of  the  Archbishopric  of  St.  Andrews  during  Cardinal 
Beaton's  tenure  of  the  See,  a.d.  1539  to  1546.  Edited  by 
R.  K.  Hannay. 

%  Letter-book  of  Bailie  John  Stuart,  Merchant  in  Inverness, 
1715-1752.    Edited  by  William  Mackay. 

3.  Miscellany  of  the  Scottish  History  Society,  vol.  3.  This 
will  include,  among  other  items,  selections  from  the  Wardrobe 
Book  of  Edward  i.  for  the  33rd  year  of  his  reign  (a.d.  1304-05), 
from  the  original  in  the  British  Museum,  which  contains  a 
great  deal  of  matter  relating  to  Scotland  ;  a  batch  of  seven- 
teenth-century Haddingtonshire  Trials  for  Witchcraft,  edited 
by  Dr.  Wallace  James;  List  of  Pollable  Persons  in  St. 
Andrews  in  1693,  edited  by  Dr.  Hay  Fleming ;  Papers 
relating  to  the  '15  and  the  "45,  from  the  originals  at  Perth  ; 
and  perhaps  Mr.  Archibald  Constable's  long  promised  trans- 
lation of  Ferrerius'  Historia  Abbatum  de  Kynlos. 

In  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  last  year's  Meeting,  a 
general  index  to  the  first  series  of  the  Society's  publications  is 
in  preparation,  and  will  in  due  time  be  offered  to  Members. 

There  are  four  vacancies  in  the  Council  to  be  filled  up, 
caused  by  the  election  of  Mr.  Donald  Crawford  as  Chairman  of 
Council,  and  by  the  retirement  in  rotation  of  Sir  James  Balfour 
Paul,  Lord  Guthrie,  and  Mr.  W.  B.  Blaikie.  It  is  recom- 
mended that  Sir  J.  Balfour  Paul  and  Mr.  Blaikie  be  re-elected, 
and  that  the  other  vacancies  be  filled  by  the  appointment 
of  The  Hon.  Hew  Hamilton  Dalrymple  and  Mr.  C.  S. 
Romanes,  C.A. 

The  Accounts  of  the  Hon.  Treasurer,  of  which  an  abstract 
is  appended  hereto,  show  that  the  balance  in  the  Society's 


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favour  on  10th  November  1909,  was  £4>1%,  Is.  Id.,  the  income 
for  1909-1910,  ^529,  10s.  9d.,  the  expenditure,  £329,  15s. 
lid.,  and  the  credit  balance  on  10th  November  1910,  ,£671, 
15s.  lid. 

The  Chairman,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  the  Report,  said  : — It 
must  be  a  matter  of  regret  to  the  Society  that  I  should  occupy 
this  place  to-day,  but  our  President,  Lord  Rosebery,  who  has  so 
frequently  given  us  illuminating  addresses  from  this  chair,  is 
perforce  absent  in  the  act  of  making  history,  and  has  naturally 
little  time  for  speaking  about  history.  You  have  before  you  the 
Annual  Report  for  the  current  year.  The  Report  is  short  and 
somewhat  laconic,  but  if  you  examine  it  you  will  find  that  it 
is  teeming  with  interest.  We  have  this  year  to  deplore  the  death 
of  him  who  was  Chairman  of  Council  from  the  time  Professor 
Masson  left  us  until  this  year.  Bishop  Dowden,  as  you  probably 
are  aware,  was  the  life  and  the  soul  of  the  Council  of  this  Society. 
Mr.  Law  told  us  in  his  last  speech  in  1903  how  the  inception 
of  the  Society  was  that  of  Lord  Rosebery,  who  suggested  its 
establishment  in  a  letter  to  the  Scots?na?i  nearly  twenty-five  years 
ago,  and  that  his  suggestion  was  first  taken  up  by  Bishop  Dowden, 
who  became  chairman  of  a  committee  that  carried  the  prelimi- 
naries through.  The  interest  taken  by  the  Bishop  in  the  Society, 
and  the  counsel  and  assistance  he  ever  gave  to  those  who  were 
doing  historical  work,  can  never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  sought 
his  aid.  He  edited  for  the  Society,  The  CharLulary  of Lindores, 
and  inspired  and  assisted  in  the  editing  of  The  Charters  of  the 
Abbey  of  Inchaffray.  Strange  to  say,  like  our  first  Secretary, 
Mr.  Law,  Bishop  Dowden  was  not  a  Scotsman  by  birth,  but  like 
Mr.  Law  he  became  a  Scotsman  by  adoption  and  association,  and 
these  two  men  did  as  much  to  further  the  study  of  Scottish 
history  as  any  Scotsman  amongst  us. 

The  Council  have  elected  as  their  Chairman  Sheriff  Donald 
Crawford,  a  gentleman  who  has  given  much  service  to  the  Society 
and  who  has  edited  one  of  its  most  interesting  books. 

It  is  the  custom  of  the  Chairman  at  these  annual  meetings  to 
give  a  slight  foretaste  of  the  bill  of  fare  which  is  offered  to  the 
members  of  the  Society.  I  do  not  think  that  at  any  previous 
meeting  the  Council  have  been  able  to  offer  a  more  tempting 
programme  than  they  have  to-day.     It  is  true  that  only  one 


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book  has  been  issued  since  our  last  meeting  (Professor  Terry's 
Translation  of  Craig  s  De  Unione),  but  there  are  no  fewer  than 
five  volumes  in  type  awaiting  the  finishing  touches  of  the  various 
editors.  The  volume  of  The  Scots  in  Poland  has  been  pro- 
vokingly  and  unavoidably  delayed  by  the  difficulty  of  verify- 
ing descriptions  and  getting  documents  from  Warsaw,  but  the 
Council  hope  that  these  difficulties  will  be  overcome  in  the 
current  year. 

The  issue  of  The  Diary  of  Johnston  of  Wariston  will  complete  the 
first  series  of  the  Scottish  History  Society's  publications,  and  the 
Council  have  resolved  to  prepare  a  general  index  of  the  whole  of 
the  sixty-one  volumes  comprising  that  series.  This  it  is  hoped  will 
be  issued  to  members  in  the  course  of  the  year,  and  it  is  believed 
that  it  will  be  a  work  of  the  greatest  use  to  students  of  history. 
It  is  possible  that  the  Council  may  print  a  small  extra  edition 
which  may  be  purchased  by  libraries  and  collectors  who  are  not 
members  of  the  Society,  and  thus  extend  the  usefulness  of  the 
Society's  work. 

Of  the  books  promised,  the  first  that  may  be  mentioned  is  The 
Diary  of  Johnston  of  Wariston,  1632-34,  and  again  in  the  moment- 
ous years,  1637-39-  This  book  is  edited  by  Mr.  George  M.  Paul, 
Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Signet,  whose  sympathetic  work  on  a 
Diary  of  Archibald  Johnston,  issued  in  1896,  is  well  known  to 
later  members.  This  new  instalment,  referring,  however,  to  an 
earlier  period,  is  of  absorbing  interest,  for  it  embraces  that 
crucial  period  in  which  Laud's  Service  Book  was  imposed  upon 
the  people  of  Scotland,  and  the  National  Covenant  (practically 
the  work  of  Johnston  himself)  was  prepared  and  signed.  We 
have  here  at  first  hand  this  epoch-making  event  graphically  told 
by  one  of  the  principal  actors.  The  Diary  is,  however,  more  than 
the  mere  relation  of  events ;  it  shows  the  mental  working 
of  a  strange,  nervous,  intensely  religious  Puritan,  full  of  egotism 
and  introspection,  but  whose  whole  soul  is  filled  with  a  desire 
to  walk  closely  with  his  God,  whom  he  consults  and  to  whom 
he  gives  information  on  nearly  every  page  of  the  journal. 
There  have  been  few  portrayals  of  the  real  Covenanter.  The 
Covenanter  of  romance  must  disappear  when  we  read  this  Diary  of 
Johnston  of  Wariston  and  compare  with  it  the  work,  edited  by 
Sheriff  Scott  Moncrieff  twenty-one  years  ago,  The  Narrative  of 
James  Nimmo.     If  the  Scottish  History  Society  had  done  nothing 


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else  than  given  these  introspective  memoirs,  showing  the  inward 
working  of  the  Covenanter's  mind,  it  would  have  accomplished 
a  great  work. 

The  Household  Book  of  Lady  Grisell  Baillie  is  a  volume  edited 
by  Mr.  R.  Scott  Moncrieff  to  be  ready  shortly.  It  gives  the 
daily  expenditure  of  an  aristocratic  family  in  the  last  decade 
of  the  seventeenth  century  and  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth. 

The  Correspondence  of  the  Jirst  Lord  Seqfield,  edited,  from  the 
originals  at  Cullen  House,  by  Mr.  James  Grant  of  Banff,  is  another 
book  of  much  historical  value.  Lord  Seafield  was  Chancellor  of 
Scotland  at  the  time  of  the  Union  ;  it  was  he  who  uttered  the 
historical  obiter  dictum,  ( This  is  the  end  of  an  auld  sang/  when  the 
last  Scottish  Parliament  accepted  the  Union. 

Then  there  is  a  volume  of  Narratives  relating  to  the  '45  with 
which  I  am  entrusted.  To  me  at  least  they  are  all  full  of  interest. 
They  belong  to  that  type  of  article  classed  as  '  fragments  which 
must  not  perish/  and  the  incentive  to  the  collection  of  these  is 
the  motto  engraved  on  the  Society's  insignia.  Among  them  is  a 
portion  of  a  mutilated  manuscript  of  John  Murray  of  Broughton 
picked  up  on  the  field  of  Culloden.  There  is  the  narrative 
of  a  Captain  in  Lord  Balmerino's  Horse,  an  Englishman,  occa- 
sionally referred  to  by  historians,  but  which  has  never  before 
been  printed.  There  are  several  narratives  written  by  ministers 
from  various  parts  of  the  country  giving  minute  local  details  to  be 
found  nowhere  else.  There  is  the  apology  of  the  Laird  of  Grant 
for  his  somewhat  ambiguous  conduct  during  the  rising.  There  is 
the  narrative  relating  to  the  capture  of  Edinburgh  and  the  Battle 
of  Prestonpans.  Jack,  its  author,  was  a  writing-master  in  Edin- 
burgh, who  assisted  Professor  M'Laurin  to  prepare  the  defences  of 
the  city,  and  who  attempted  to  assist  Cope's  artillery  at  the  Battle 
of  Prestonpans.  Lastly,  it  contains  a  good  deal  of  narrative  and 
many  accounts  of  secret  service  performed  by  Walter  Grosset, 
Commissioner  of  the  Excise,  who  was  an  active  agent  of  the 
Government  in  the  '45. 

The  programme  for  the  following  year  begins  with  a  volume  by 
Mr.  Hannay  on  the  Accounts  of  the  Granitars  and  Chamberlains  of 
the  Archbishopric  of  St.  Andrews  shortly  before  the  Reformation, 
a  theme  which  has  been  little  written  of,  yet  there  is  no  doubt 
that  it  was  the  inordinate  care  of  the  worldly  goods  of  the 
great  ecclesiastics  that  exasperated  the  nobility  and  commons, 


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and  contributed    largely   to    the    unanimity  of  the  Reforma- 
tion. 

Mr.  Maitland  Thomson  is  collecting  material  for  a  Miscellany 
which  comprises  historical  tit-bits  ranging  over  four  and  a  half 
centuries.  Whether  that  book  will  be  included  in  the  next  year's 
issues  remains  to  be  seen. 

One  work  I  have  left  to  the  last  and  that  is  the  Letter  Book  of 
Bailie  John  Stuart,  to  be  edited  by  Mr.  William  Mackay  of  Inver- 
ness.    The  Society  has  hitherto  had  only  one  book  on  com- 
mercial affairs,  and  this  volume,  giving  the  details  of  a  Highland 
merchant's  business  in  the  early  eighteenth  century,  will  be  of 
much  historical  value.    John  Stuart,  a  bailie  of  Inverness,  who 
was  of  the  family  of  Kinchardine  in  Strathspey,  and  was  related 
to  several  other  Highland  families,  was  a  merchant  in  Inverness 
from  about  the  year  1700  till  1752.    During  that  period  he  carried 
on  an  extensive  trade,  in  all  kinds  of  commodities,  with  Highland 
chiefs  and  Government  garrisons  in  the  Highlands,  as  well  as 
with  Edinburgh,  London,  and  various  parts  of  the  Continental  sea- 
board from  Norway  and  Sweden  to  Venice.    Hugh  Miller  states 
in  his  Scotch  Merchant  o  f  the  Eighteenth  Century  that  coal  had  not 
found  its  way  into  the  Cromarty  Firth  before  1750,  but  we  find 
Bailie  Stuart  bringing  coals  from  Newcastle  thirty  years  before 
this,  probably  even  earlier.    He  owned  about  a  dozen  ships,  some 
of  which  were  built  at  Inverness ;  the  oak  timber  for  these  was 
brought   from    Darnaway  and  Loch   Ness  side,   and   part  of 
the   iron    and   timber   frame  -  work    came   ready   made  from 
Dantzig.    Stuart  was  factor  on  the  Inverness-shire  estates  of 
the  Earl  of  Moray.    His  business  transactions  and  ventures,  his 
successes  and  misfortunes,  are  recorded  in  his  letters,  which 
give   a  vivid   picture   of  the    conditions    under  which  trade 
was  carried  on  in  the  capital  of  the  Highlands  during  the 
first  half  of  the    eighteenth    century.     Among   the  Bailie's 
partners  in  business  was  William  Duff  of  Braco,  afterwards  the 
first  Earl  of  Fife ;  and  his  numerous  customers  and  correspond- 
ents comprised  the  Duke  of  Gordon,  the  Earls  of  Moray,  Seaforth, 
Cromartie,  Sutherland,  and  Caithness,  Lord  Lovat,  Lord  Reay, 
Lord  President  Forbes,  The  Mackintosh,  Lochiel,  Mackintosh  of 
Borlum,  Glengarry,  Stewart  of  Appin,  the  Laird  of  Grant,  Sir 
Alexander  Macdonald  of  Sleat,  MacLeod  of  MacLeod,  General 
WTade,  Captain  Burt,  and  the  Bailie's  cousin,  the  famous  Colonel 


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John  Roy  Stuart,  the  Jacobite  soldier  and  poet.  One  of  Stuart's 
descendants  made  his  mark  in  British  history,  for  his  grandson 
was  that  Sir  John  Stuart  who  beat  the  French  at  the  battle  of 
Maida  in  1806,  the  first  British  general  who  defeated  Napoleon's 
veterans  on  European  soil.  With  this  programme  before  you 
I  think  you  will  agree  that  the  Council  is  not  neglecting  the 
interests  of  the  Scottish  History  Society. 

The  motion  was  seconded  by  Sir  James  Balfour  Paul,  and 
unanimously  agreed  to. 


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ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HON.  TREASURER  S 
ACCOUNTS. 

For  the  Year  ending  10th  November  1910. 

I.  Charge. 

I.  Balance  from  previous  year — 

(1)  In  Bank  on  Deposit  Receipt,  £400    0  0 

(2)  In  Bank  on  Current  Account,      72    1  1 

 £472    1  1 

II.  Subscriptions,  viz. — 

(1)  400     Subscriptions  for 

1909-1910,  .  .  .  £4^0  0  0 
8  in  arrear  for  1908-1909,  8  8  0 
7  in  advance  for  1910-1911,       7    7  0 


£435  15  0 

Less  25  in  arrear  and  3  in 

advance  for  1909-1910,      29    8  0 

  406    7  0 

(2)  89  Libraries,         .        .       .  £93    9  0 
1   in  arrear  for   1 908-1 909 
and  4  in  advance  for  19 10- 
1911,       .        .        .  .550 


£98  14  0 

Less  1  in  arrear  for  1909- 

1910,  .       .       .  .110 

  97  13  0 

III.  Copies  of  previous  issues  sold  to  New  Members,       10  17  0 

IV.  Interest  on  Deposit  Receipts,   .       .       .       .       14  13  9 

Sum  of  Charge,    .       .  £1001  11  10 


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II.  Discharge. 


I.  Incidental  Expenses — 


(1)  Printing   Cards,  Circulars,  and 

Reports, 

£6 

7 

9 

(2)  Stationery,      and  Receipt 

Book,  ..... 

1 

17 

9 

(3)  Making -up      and  delivering 

Publications, 

12 

15 

5 

(4)  Postages    of    Secretaries  and 

Treasurer,  .... 

4 

3 

0 

(5)  Clerical  Work  and  Charges  on 

Cheques,  . 

2 

11 

0 

(6)  Hire    of   rooms    for  Annual 

Meeting  and  Advertising, 

1 

18 

0 

De  Unione  Regnonnn  Britannice — 

Composition,  Printing, and  Paper 

540  Copies,  .... 

£115 

10 

6 

Proofs  and  Corrections, 

56 

13 

6 

Binding  Stamp, 

1 

1 

0 

Binding  540  Copies  at  8d., 

18 

0 

0 

Photogravure  Portrait  of  Prof. 

Masson,  .... 

6 

16 

6 

£198 

1 

6 

Less  paid  to  account  October 

1909,  

145 

6 

0 

£29  12  11 


52  15  6 


III.  The  Scots  in  Poland.    Expense  to  date — 

Composition,     ....    £72    1  0 

Corrections,      .       «.        .        .      19  18  0 

Engraving  Map,       .        .        .        5    5  0 


Carry  forward,    £97    4    0     £82    8  5 


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Brought  forward,       £97    4    0     £82    8  5 
Less  paid  to  account, 

October  1908,       £77  17  0 
Less  paid  to  account, 

October  1909,  12    5  0 

  90    2  0 


VI.  Correspondence  of    James,    Fourth    Earl  of 

Findlater.  Expense  to  date — 

Composition,    ....    £27    4  0 

Corrections,      .        .        .        .       14    3  0 


VII.  Diary  of  Archibald  Johnston,  Lord  Wariston. 
Expense  to  date — 

Composition,     ....  £58  14  0 

Alterations,      .        .        .        .  32  14  6 

Transcribing,    .        .        .  72  15  0 


£164    3  6 

Less  paid  to  account, 

October  1908,  £3  18  0 
Less  paid  to  account, 

October  1909,       .  64  16  6 

  68  14  6 


VIII.  Balance  to  next  account — 

(1)  On  Deposit  Receipt,  .       .£650    0  0 

(2)  On  Current  Account,  .        .     21  15  11 


7    2  0 


IV.  Miscellaneous  Narratives  relating  to  the  '45. 
Expense  to  date — 
Composition,    .        .        .        .         .        .  39  12  6 

V.  Household  Books  of  Lady  Grisell  Baillie. 
Expense  to  date — 
Composition,     .        .        .        .   £53    6  0 
Corrections,      .        .        >        .      10  11  0 

  63  17  0 


41    7  0 


95    9  0 


671  15  11 


Sum  of  Discharge,       £1001  11  10 


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Edinburgh,  22nd  November  1910. — Having  examined  the  Accounts  of  the 
Hon.  Treasurer  of  the  Scottish  History  Society  for  the  year  ending  10th 
November  1910,  of  which  the  foregoing  is  an  Abstract,  we  find  the  same  to  be 
correctly  stated,  and  sufficiently  vouched, — closing  with  a  balance  of  ^671, 
15s.  nd.  in  Bank,  whereof  ^650  is  on  deposit  receipt  and  ,£21,  15s.  nd.  is 
on  current  account. 

Ralph  Richardson,  Auditor. 
Wm.  Traquair  Dickson,  Auditor. 


£>cotttsrt)  tyistorp  £>octetp* 


THE  EXECUTIVE. 
1910-1911. 

President. 

The  Earl  of  Rosebery,  K.G.,  K.T.,  LL.D. 
Chairman  o  f  Council. 
Donald  Crawford,  K.C.,  Sheriff  of  Aberdeenshire. 

Council. 

Sir  James  Balfour  Paul,  C.V.O.,  LL.D.,  Lyon  King  of  Arms. 

Walter  B.  Blaikie. 

The  Hon.  Hew  Hamilton  Dalrymple. 

C.  S.  Romanes,  C.A. 
Sir  G.  M.  Paul,  D.K.S. 
Ralph  Richardson,  W.S. 
Sheriff  W.  G.  Scott  Moncrieff. 

Professor  P.  Hume  Brown,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  Historiographer 

Royal  for  Scotland. 
William  K.  Dickson,  Advocate. 
A.  O.  Curle,  B.A.,  W.S. 

D.  Hay  Fleming,  LL.D. 
Professor  John  Rankine,  K.C.,  LL.D. 

Corresponding  Members  of  the  Council. 
Prof.  C.  H.  Firth,  LL.D.,  Oxford;  Rev.  W.  D.  Macray,  Duck- 
lington  Rectory,  WTitney,  Oxon.  ;  Prof.  C.  Sanford  Terry, 
Aberdeen. 

Hon.  Treasurer. 
J.  T.  Clark,  Crear  Villa,  196  Ferry  Road,  Edinburgh. 

Joint  Hon.  Secretaries. 
J.  Maitland  Thomson,  LL.D.,  Advocate,  3  Grosvenor  Gardens, 
Edinburgh. 

A.  Francis   Steuart,    Advocate,  79    Great    King  Street, 
Edinburgh. 


RULES 


1.  The  object  of  the  Society  is  the  discovery  and  printing, 
under  selected  editorship,  of  unpublished  documents  illus- 
trative of  the  civil,  religious,  and  social  history  of  Scotland. 
The  Society  will  also  undertake,  in  exceptional  cases,  to  issue 
translations  of  printed  works  of  a  similar  nature,  which  have 
not  hitherto  been  accessible  in  English. 

2.  The  number  of  Members  of  the  Society  shall  be  limited 
to  400. 

3.  The  affairs  of  the  Society  shall  be  managed  by  a  Council, 
consisting  of  a  Chairman,  Treasurer,  Secretary,  and  twelve 
elected  Members,  five  to  make  a  quorum.  Three  of  the  twelve 
elected  Members  shall  retire  annually  by  ballot,  but  they  shall 
be  eligible  for  re-election. 

4.  The  Annual  Subscription  to  the  Society  shall  be  One 
Guinea.  The  publications  of  the  Society  shall  not  be  delivered 
to  any  Member  whose  Subscription  is  in  arrear,  and  no 
Member  shall  be  permitted  to  receive  more  than  one  copy  of 
the  Society's  publications. 

5.  The  Society  will  undertake  the  issue  of  its  own  publica- 
tions, i.e.  without  the  intervention  of  a  publisher  or  any  other 
paid  agent. 

6.  The  Society  will  issue  yearly  two  octavo  volumes  of  about 
320  pages  each. 

7.  An  Annual  General  Meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held 
at  the  end  of  October,  or  at  an  approximate  date  to  be 
determined  by  the  Council. 

8.  Two  stated  Meetings  of  the  Council  shall  be  held  each 
year,  one  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  May,  the  other  on  the  Tues- 
day preceding  the  day  upon  which  the  Annual  General  Meeting 
shall  be  held.  The  Secretary,  on  the  request  of  three  Members 
of  the  Council,  shall  call  a  special  meeting  of  the  Council. 

9.  Editors  shall  receive  20  copies  of  each  volume  they  edit 
for  the  Society. 

10.  The  owners  of  Manuscripts  published  by  the  Society  will 
also  be  presented  with  a  certain  number  of  copies. 

11.  The  Annual  Balance-Sheet,  Rules,  and  List  of  Members 
shall  be  printed. 

12.  No  alteration  shall  be  made  in  these  Rules  except  at  a 
General  Meeting  of  the  Society.  A  fortnight's  notice  of  any 
alteration  to  be  proposed  shall  be  given  to  the  Members  of  the 
Council. 


PUBLICATIONS 


OF  THE 

SCOTTISH  HISTORY  SOCIETY 

For  the  year  1886-1887. 

1.  Bishop  Pococke's  Tours  in  Scotland,  1747-1760.    Edited  by 
D.  W.  Kemp. 

2.  Diary  and  Account  Book  of  William  Cunningham  of  Craig- 
ends,  1673-1680.    Edited  by  the  Rev.  James  Dodds,  D.D. 

For  the  year  1887-1888. 

3.  Grameidos  libri  sex  :  an  heroic  poem  on  the  Campaign  of 

1689,  by  James  Philip  of  Almerieclose.  Translated  and 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  A.  D.  Murdoch. 

4.  The  Register  of  the  Kirk-Session  of  St.  Andrews.  Part  i. 
1559-1582.    Edited  by  D.  Hay  Fleming. 

For  the  year  1888-1889. 

5.  Diary  of  the  Rev.  John  Mill,  Minister  in  Shetland,  1740- 
1803.    Edited  by  Gilbert  Goudie. 

6.  Narrative  of  Mr.  James  Nimmo,  a  Covenanter,  1654-1709. 
Edited  by  W.  G.  Scott-Moncrieff. 

7.  The  Register  of  the  Kirk-Session  of  St.  Andrews.    Part  n. 

1583-1600.    Edited  by  D.  Hay  Fleming. 

For  the  year  1889-1890. 

8.  A  List  of  Persons  concerned  in  the  Rebellion  (1745).  With 
a  Preface  by  the  Earl  of  Rosebery. 

Presented  to  the  Society  by  the  Earl  of  Rosebery. 

9.  Glamis  Papers:  The  '  Book  of  Record/  a  Diary  written  by 
Patrick,  first  Earl  of  Strathmore,  and  other  documents 
(1684-89).    Edited  by  A.  H.  Millar. 

10.  John  Major's  History  of  Greater  Britain  (1521).  Trans- 
lated and  edited  by  Archibald  Constable. 


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PUBLICATIONS 


For  the  year  1890-1891. 

11.  The  Records  of  the  Commissions  of  the  General  Assemblies, 

1646-4-7.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  Professor  Mitchell,  D.D.,  and 
the  Rev.  James  Christie,  D.D. 

12.  Court-Book  of  the  Barony  of  Urie,  1604-1747.  Edited 
by  the  Rev.  D.  G.  Barron. 

For  the  year  1891-1892. 

13.  Memoirs  of  Sir  John  Clerk  of  Penicuik,  Baronet.  Ex- 
tracted by  himself  from  his  own  Journals,  1676-1755.  Edited 
by  John  M.  Gray. 

14.  Diary  of  Col.  the  Hon.  John  Erskine  of  Carnock,  1683- 

1687.    Edited  by  the  Rev.  Walter  Macleod. 

For  the  year  1892-1893. 

15.  Miscellany  of  the  Scottish  History  Society,  First  Volume — 
The  Library  of  James  vi.,  1573-83.    Edited  by  G.  F.  Warner. — 

Documents  illustrating  Catholic  Policy,  1596-98.  T.  G.  Law. 
— Letters  of  Sir  Thomas  Hope,  1627-46.  Rev.  R.  Paul. — Civil 
War  Papers,  1643-50.  H.  F.  Morland  Simpson. — Lauderdale 
Correspondence,  1660-77.  Right  Rev.  John  Dowden,  D.D. — 
Turnbull's  Diary,  1657-1704.  Rev.  R.  Paul. — Masterton 
Papers,  1660-1719.  V.  A.  Noel  Paton. — Accompt  of  Expenses 
in  Edinburgh,  1715.  A.  H.  Millar. — Rebellion  Papers,  1715 
and  1745.    H.  Paton. 

16.  Account  Book  of  Sir  John  Foulis  of  Ravelston  (1671-1707). 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  A.  W.  Cornelius  Hallen. 

For  the  year  1893-1894. 

17.  Letters  and  Papers  illustrating  the  Relations  between 
Charles  ii.  and  Scotland  in  1650.  Edited  by  Samuel 
Rawson  Gardiner,  D.C.L.,  etc. 

1 8.  Scotland  and  the  Commonwealth.  Letters  and  Papers 
relating  to  the  Military  Government  of  Scotland,  Aug. 
1651-Dec.  1653.    Edited  by  C.  H.  Firth,  M.A. 

For  the  year  1894-1895. 
If).  The  Jacobite  Attempt  of  1719*    Letters  of  James,  second 

Duke  of  Ormonde.    Edited  by  W.  K.  Dickson. 
20,  21.  The  Lyon  in  Mourning,  or  a  Collection  of  Speeches, 

Letters,  Journals,  etc.,  relative  to  the  Affairs  of  Prince 

Charles  Edward  Stuart,  by  Bishop  Forbes.  1746-1775. 

Edited  by  Henry  Paton.    Vols.  i.  and  n. 


PUBLICATIONS 


5 


For  the  year  1895-1896. 
22.  The  Lyon  in  Mourning.    Vol.  Hi. 

33.  Itinerary  of  Prince  Charles  Edward  (Supplement  to  the 
Lyon  in  Mourning).    Compiled  by  W.  B.  Blaikie. 

24.  Extracts  from  the  Presbytery  Records  of  Inverness  and 

Dingwall  from  1638  to  1688.    Edited  by  William  Mackay. 

25.  Records  of  the  Commissions  of  the  General  Assemblies 
{continued)  for  the  years  1648  and  1649.  Edited  by  the  Rev. 
Professor  Mitchell,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  James  Christie,  D.D. 

For  the  year  1896-1897. 

26.  Wariston's  Diary  and  other  Papers — 

Johnston  of  Wariston's  Diary,  1639.  Edited  by  G.  M.  Paul. — 
The  Honours  of  Scotland,  1651-52.  C  R.  A.  Howden. — The 
Earl  of  Mar's  Legacies,  1722, 1726.  Hon.  S.  Erskine. — Letters 
by  Mrs.  Grant  of  Laggan.    J.  R.  N.  Macphail. 

Presented  to  the  Society  by  Messrs.  T.  and  A.  Constable. 

27.  Memorials  of  John  Murray  of  Broughton,  1740-1747. 
Edited  by  R.  Fitzroy  Bell. 

28.  The  Compt   Buik  of  David  Wedderburne,  Merchant  of 

Dundee,  1587-1630.    Edited  by  A.  H.  Millar. 

For  the  year  1897-1898. 

29.  30.  The  Correspondence  of  De  Montereul  and  the  brothers 

De  Bellievre,  French  Ambassadors  in  England  and  Scot- 
land,   1645-1648.     Edited,    with    Translation,    by  J.  G. 

FoTHERINGHAM.      2  Vols. 

For  the  year  1898-1899. 

31.  Scotland  and  the  Protectorate.  Letters  and  Papers 
relating  to  the  military  government  of  scotland,  from 
January  1654  to  June  1659.    Edited  by  C.  H.  Firth,  M.A. 

32.  Papers  illustrating  the  History  of  the  Scots  Brigade  in 
the  Service  of  the  United  Netherlands,  1572-1782. 
Edited  by  James  Ferguson,    Vol.  i.  1572-1697. 

33.  34.  Macfarlane's  Genealogical  Collections  concerning 
Families  in  Scotland  ;  Manuscripts  in  the  Advocates'  Library. 
2  vols.  Edited  by  J.  T.  Clark,  Keeper  of  the  Library. 

Presented  to  the  Society  by  the  Trustees  of  the  late  Sir  William  Fraser,  K.C.B. 


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PUBLICATIONS 


For  the  year  1899-1900. 

35.  Papers  on  the  Scots  Brigade  in  Holland,  1572-1782. 
Edited  by  James  Ferguson.   Vol.  n.  1698-1782. 

36.  Journal  of  a  Foreign  Tour  in  1665  and  1666,  etc.,  by  Sir  John 

Lauder,  Lord  Fountainhall.    Edited  by  Donald  Crawford. 

37.  Papal  Negotiations  with  Mary  Queen  of  Scots  during  her 
Reign  in  Scotland.  Chiefly  from  the  Vatican  Archives. 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  J.  Hungerford  Pollen,  S.J. 

For  the  year  1900-1901. 

38.  Papers  on  the  Scots  Brigade  in  Holland,  1572-1782. 
Edited  by  James  Ferguson.   Vol.  in. 

39.  The  Diary  of  Andrew  Hay  of  Craignethan,  1 659-60. 
Edited  by  A.  G.  Reid,  F.S.A.Scot. 

For  the  year  1901-1902. 

40.  Negotiations  for  the  Union  of  England  and  Scotland  in 

1651-53.    Edited  by  C  Sanford  Terry. 

41.  The  Loyall  Dissuasive.     Written  in  1703  by  Sir  ^Eneas 

Macpherson.    Edited  by  the  Rev.  A.  D.  Murdoch. 

For  the  year  1902-1903. 

42.  The  Chartulary  of  Lindores,  1195-1479.    Edited  by  the 

Right  Rev.  John  Dowden,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Edinburgh. 

43.  A  Letter  from  Mary  Queen  of  Scots  to  the  Duke  of  Guise, 
Jan.  1562.  Reproduced  in  Facsimile.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  J. 
Hungerford  Pollen,  S.J. 

Presented  to  the  Society  by  the  family  of  the  late  Mr.  Scott,  of  Halkshill. 

44.  Miscellany  of  the  Scottish  History  Society,  Second  Volume — 

The  Scottish  King's  Household,  14th  Century.  Edited  by  Mary 
Bateson. — The  Scottish  Nation  in  the  University  of  Orleans, 
1336-1538.  John  Kirkpatrick,  LL.D. — The  French  Garrison 
at  Dunbar,  1503.  Roberts.  Rait. — De  Antiquitate  Religionis 
apud  Scotos,  1594.  Henry  D.  G.  Law. — Apology  for  William 
Maitland  of  Lethington,  1610.  Andrew  Lang. — Letters  of 
Bishop  George  Graeme,  1602-38.  L.  G.  Graeme. — A  Scottish 
Journie,  1641.  C.  H.  Firth. — Narratives  illustrating  the  Duke 
of  Hamilton's  Expedition  to  England,  1648.  C.  H.  Firth. — 
Burnet-Leighton  Papers,  1648-168-.  H.  C.  Foxcroft. — Papers 
of  Robert  Erskine,  Physician  to  Peter  the  Great,  1677-1720. 
Rev.  Robert  Paul. — Will  of  the  Duchess  of  Albany,  1789. 
A.  Francis  Steuart. 

45.  Letters  of  John  Cockburn  of  Ormistoun  to  his  Gardener, 
1727-1743.    Edited  by  James  Colville,  D.Sc. 


PUBLICATIONS 


7 


For  the  year  1903-1904. 

46.  Minute  Book  of  the  Managers  of  the  New  Mills  Cloth 
Manufactory,  1 68 1-1 690.    Edited  by  W.  R.  Scott. 

47.  Chronicles  of  the  Frasers  ;  being  the  Wardlaw  Manuscript 
entitled  '  Polichronicon  seu  Policratica  Temporum,  or,  the 
true  Genealogy  of  the  Frasers.'  By  Master  James  Fraser. 
Edited  by  William  Mackay. 

48.  The  Records  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Justiciary  Court 
from  1661  to  1678.   Vol.  1.  1661-1669.    Edited  by  Sheriff 

SCOTT-MONCRIEFF. 

For  the  year  1904-1905. 

49.  The  Records  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Justiciary  Court 
from  1661  to  1678.  Vol.  11.  1669-1678.  Edited  by  Sheriff 
Scott-Moncrieff.  (Oct.  1905.) 

50.  Records  of  the  Baron  Court  of  Stitchill,  1655-1 807.  Edited 
by  Clement  B.  Gunn,  M.D.,  Peebles.  (Oct.  1905.) 

51.  Macfarlane's  Geographical  Collections.  Vol.  1.  Edited 
by  Sir  Arthur  Mitchell,  K.C.B.  (April  1906.) 

For  the  year  1905-1906. 

52.  53.  Macfarlane's  Geographical  Collections.    Vols.  11.  and  in. 

Edited  by  Sir  Arthur  Mitchell,  K.C.B. 

(May  1907  ;  March  1908.) 

54.  Statuta  Ecclesle  Scotican^e,  1225-1559.  Translated  and 
edited  by  David  Patrick,  LL.D.  (Oct.  1907.) 

For  the  year  1906-1907. 

55.  The  House  Booke  of  Accomps,  Ochtertyre,  1737-39.  Edited 
by  James  Colville,  D.Sc.  (Oct.  1907.) 

56.  The  Charters  of  the  Abbey  of  Inchaffray.  Edited  by  W.  A. 
Lindsay,  K.C.,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Dowden,  D.D.,  and 
J.  Maitland  Thomson,  LL.D.  (Feb.  1908.) 

57.  A  Selection  of  the  Forfeited  Estates  Papers  preserved  in 
H.M.  General  Register  House  and  elsewhere.  Edited  by 
A.  H.  Millar,  LL.D.  (Oct.  1909.) 

For  the  year  1907-1908. 

58.  Records  of  the  Commissions  of  the  General  Assemblies  {con- 
tinued), for  the  years  1650-52.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  James 
Christie,  D.D.  (Feb.  1909.) 

59.  Papers  relating  to  the  Scots  in  Poland.  Edited  by  Miss 
Beatrice  Baskerville.  (Publication  delayed.) 


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For  the  year  1908-1909. 

60.  Sir  Thomas  Craig's  De  Unione  Regnorum  Britannle  Trac- 
tatus.  Edited,  with  an  English  Translation,  by  C.  Sanford 
Terry.  (Nov.  1909.) 

61.  Johnston  of  Wariston's  Memento  Quamdiu  Vivas,  and  Diary 
from  1637  to  1639.    Edited  by  G.  M.  Paul,  LL.D.,  D.K.S. 

(May  1911.) 

Second  Series. 
For  the  year  1909-1910. 

1.  The  Household  Book  of  Lady  Grisell  Baillie,  1692-1733. 
Edited  by  R.  Scott-Moncrieff,  W.S.  (Oct.  1911.) 

2.  Miscellaneous  Narratives  relating  to  the  '45.  Edited  by 
W.  B.  Blaikie. 

3.  Correspondence  of  James,  fourth  Earl  of  Findlater  and 
first  Earl  of  Seafield,  Lord  Chancellor  of  Scotland. 
Edited  by  James  Grant,  M.A.,  LL.B. 

For  the  year  1910-1911. 

4.  Accounts  of  the  Chamberlains  and  Granitars  of  Cardinal 
David  Beaton,  1539-1546.    Edited  by  R.  K.  Hannay. 

5.  Selections  from  the  Letter  Books  of  John  Stuart,  Bailie 
of  Inverness.    Edited  by  William  Mackay. 

In  preparation. 

Register  of  the  Consultations  of  the  Ministers  of  Edinburgh, 
and  some  other  brethren  of  the  ministry  since  the 
interruption  of  the  assembly  1653,  with  other  papers  of 
public  concernment,  1 653-1 660.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  James 
Christie,  D.D. 

A  Translation  of  the  Historia  Abbatum  de  Kynlos  of 
Ferrerius.  "By  Archibald  Constable,  LL.D. 

Miscellany  of  the  Scottish  History  Society.    Third  Volume. 

Analytical  Catalogue  of  the  Wodrow  Collection  of  Manu- 
scripts in  the  Advocates'  Library.    Edited  by  J.  T.  Clark. 

Charters  and  Documents  relating  to  the  Grey  Friars  and  the 
Cistercian  Nunnery  of  Haddington. — Register  of  Inch- 
colm  Monastery.    Edited  by  J.  G.  Wallace-James,  M.B. 

Records  relating  to  the  Scottish  Armies  from  1638  to  1650. 
Edited  by  C.  Sanford  Terry. 

Papers  relating  to  the  Rebellions  of  1715  and  1745,  with  other 
documents  from  the  Municipal  Archives  of  the  City  of  Perth. 

The  Balcarres  Papers.    Edited  by  J.  R.  Melville. 

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